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Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
Since Belgium has three national languages — Dutch, French and German — Belgian names are similar to those in the neighbouring countries: the Netherlands, France and Germany. Place names (regions, towns, villages, hamlets) with a particle meaning "from" (de in French, del in Walloon, or van in Dutch) are the most numerous. An uncapitalised ...
Placeholders for personal names include variations on names Иван (Ivan), Пётр (Pyotr / Peter), and Сидор (Sidor), such as Иван Петрович Сидоров (Ivan Petrovich Sidorov) for a full name, or Иванов (Ivanov) for a last name; deliberately fake name-patronymic-surname combinations use one of them for all three ...
French Walloon Picard Lorrain Dutch Limburgish German Luxembourgish; Aiseau-Presles: Åjhô-Préle: Amay: Ama: Amblève: Ambleve: Amel: Amel: Andenne: Andene ...
Malaise (Belgium) French name of a hamlet of Overijse. Malcocinado: A municipality in Spain. Means "badly cooked" in Spanish. Malenia "I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and I have never known defeat." Mali: It means "hippo" in the local language. Mama: A place in Mother Russia. Man: An exasperated city in Côte d'Ivoire. Mangai
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Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries , it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.
Belgium; English name Belgian place German name Notes Name Language Aix-sur-Cloie Esch auf der Heck Anlier Ansler Arlon: Arel Athus: Athem Aubange: Ibingen Autelbas Nieder Elter Autelhaut Ober Elter Baelen: Balen Baraque Michel: Michelshütte Bastogne: Bastnach Archaic Bébange Bebingen Beho Bocholz Bettincourt: Bettenhoven Bilstain Bilstein ...