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Kingdom of Belgium   /kˈɪŋdəm əv bˈɛldʒəm/   Listen
Kingdom of Belgium

noun
1.
A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.  Synonyms: Belgique, Belgium.






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"Kingdom of Belgium" Quotes from Famous Books



... great deal of distress in one or another part of Ireland, though it has not been my fortune to come upon any outward and visible signs of such grinding misery as forces itself upon you in certain of the richest provinces of that independent, busy, prosperous, Roman Catholic kingdom of Belgium, which on a territory little more than one-third as large as the territory of Ireland, maintains nearly a million more inhabitants, and adds to its population, on an average, in round numbers, as many people in four years as ...
— Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) • William Henry Hurlbert

... about the origin and present character of the Catholic Church is exactly in the position—in the matter of dates—of a man of our time talking about the rise and present character of the Socialists or of the rise and present character of Leopold's Kingdom of Belgium, of United Italy, the modern. He is talking of what is, virtually, his ...
— Europe and the Faith - "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" • Hilaire Belloc

... the use of these denials and this defiance?" asked Fremy severely in French, advancing towards him. "You are in my custody—and under the law of the Kingdom of Belgium I arrest you for the murder of Sir Digby Kemsley, in Peru, and for the murder of Stephanie, daughter of his Highness the Grand Duke of Luxemburg." Then, turning to his two subordinates, he added briefly: "Put the handcuffs on ...
— The Sign of Silence • William Le Queux



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