BELGIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Belgian mean? 

• BELGIAN (noun)
  The noun BELGIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Belgium

  Familiarity information: BELGIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• BELGIAN (adjective)
  The adjective BELGIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people

  Familiarity information: BELGIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELGIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Belgium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Belgian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Belgian"):

Fleming (a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian)

Walloon (a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium)

Holonyms ("Belgian" is a member of...):

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Derivation:

Belgian (of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people)

• BELGIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Belgian Queen

Pertainym:

Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Derivation:

Belgian (a native or inhabitant of Belgium)

Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

 Context examples 

The Belgian Malinois is a muscular dog but not heavy.

(Belgian Malinois, NCI Thesaurus)

As the Belgian professor recalled that in the preliminary results there is already a large amount of expertise and proof, it must be said.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

The Belgian Tervuren is a slender dog, squarely proportioned and solidly muscled, but not bulky.

(Belgian Tervuren, NCI Thesaurus)

The Belgian Sheepdog is a muscular black dog but not heavy.

(Belgian Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)

They were discovered in late 2015 through a series of observations by the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST), a Belgian robotic telescope located at ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) La Silla Observatory in Chile.

(Hubble Telescope Makes First Atmospheric Study of Earth-Sized Exoplanets, NASA)

A new study using NASA's Spitzer and Swift missions, as well as the Belgian AstroLAB IRIS observatory, suggests that the cause of the dimming over long periods is likely an uneven dust cloud moving around the star.

(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)