Belize

Borrowed from Spanish Belice (attested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, sometimes said to be from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water(s)”),^[1] although there is no evidence for such a word. The old suggestion that it could be from a corrupted Spanish pronunciation of the surname of Scottish buccaneer Peter Wallace (via pronunciation as *Valis, then *Balise), is now generally considered to be folk etymology; the popularity of the legend persists.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːz/, /bɛlˈiːz/, /beɪlˈiːz/

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• Homophone: balise (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -iːz

Belize

2. An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

• Belizean
• Belize City
• Belize dollar
• Belize River
• BZD

• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

• IPA^(key): /beˈliθe/, [beˈli.θe]

Belize m

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈli.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈli.ze]

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Belize m

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɪzɛ]

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Belize n (indeclinable, related adjective belizský, demonym Belizan)

2. Belize (a country in Central America; capital: Belmopan)

• “Belize”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeːˈliː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
• Rhymes: -iːzə

Belize n

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• beziel, blieze

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

From English Belize, from Spanish Belice.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelitse/, [ˈbe̞lits̠e̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbelize/, [ˈbe̞lize̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbelise/, [ˈbe̞lis̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -elitse
• Hyphenation^(key): Be‧li‧ze

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• Bélize

• IPA^(key): /be.liz/

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Belize m

2. Alternative form of Bélize (“Belize (a country in Central America)”)

• bêliez

Borrowed from English Belize.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːs/

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Belize n (proper noun, strong, genitive Belize')

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• Belizer
• belizisch

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛliz]^[1]
• Hyphenation: Be‧lize
• Rhymes: -iz

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Belize	—
accusative	Belize-t	—
dative	Belize-nek	—
instrumental	Belize-zel	—
causal-final	Belize-ért	—
translative	Belize-zé	—
terminative	Belize-ig	—
essive-formal	Belize-ként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Belize-ben	—
superessive	Belize-en	—
adessive	Belize-nél	—
illative	Belize-be	—
sublative	Belize-re	—
allative	Belize-hez	—
elative	Belize-ből	—
delative	Belize-ről	—
ablative	Belize-től	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Belize-é	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Belize-éi	—

Possessive forms of Belize
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Belize-em	—
2nd person sing.	Belize-ed	—
3rd person sing.	Belize-e	—
1st person plural	Belize-ünk	—
2nd person plural	Belize-etek	—
3rd person plural	Belize-ük	—

• belize-i

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Belize m

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• belizer
• belizisk

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• belizar
• belizisk

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈli.zɛ/

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• Rhymes: -izɛ
• Syllabification: Be‧li‧ze

Belize n (indeclinable, related adjective belizeński)

2. Belize (a country in Central America)
4. Belize City (the largest city in Belize)

• (countries of Central America) kraje Ameryki Środkowej; Belize, Gwatemala, Honduras, Kostaryka, Nikaragua, Panama, Salwador

• Belize in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈbli.zɨ]
• Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze

Belize m or f

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• IPA^(key): /beˈli.ze/

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Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /běliːze/

Bèlīze m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐлӣзе)

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

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Borrowed from Spanish Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water”).

Belize n (genitive Belizes)

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• belizisk (“Belizean”, adjective)
• belizier c (“Belizean male”)
• beliziska c (“Belizean female”)

• Belize in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

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Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

• (countries of Central America) Orta Amerika ülkesi; Belize, Kosta Rika, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nikaragua, Panama