"Belize" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bəˈliːz/, /bɛlˈiːz/, /beɪlˈiːz/ Audio: en-us-Belize.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːz Etymology: 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)”), 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Belice}} Spanish Belice, {{der|en|myn|-}} Mayan, {{der|en|mop|beliz||muddy water(s)}} Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water(s)”), {{l|en|Wallace}} Wallace Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Belize
  1. An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras. Wikidata QID: Q242 Wikipedia link: en:Belize Categories (place): Belize, Countries, Countries in Central America Derived forms: Belizean, Belize City, Belize River, BZD Related terms: country of Central America [countries-of-Central-America, countries, geography, natural-sciences], Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Translations (country): Belize (Afrikaans), Belize [feminine] (Albanian), Beliza [definite, feminine] (Albanian), ቤሊዝ (beliz) (Amharic), بَلِيز (balīz) [feminine] (Arabic), Բելիզ (Beliz) (Armenian), Belize (Asturian), Beliz (Azerbaijani), Белі́з (Bjelíz) [masculine] (Belarusian), Бэлі́з (Belíz) [masculine] (Belarusian), Bileez (Belizean Creole), বেলিজ (belij) (Bengali), Belize (Breton), Бели́з (Belíz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဘလိဇ် (bha.lij) (Burmese), Белі́з (Belíz) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), Belize [masculine] (Catalan), 伯利茲 (Chinese Mandarin), 伯利兹 (Bǎilìzī) (Chinese Mandarin), Belize [neuter] (Czech), Belize [neuter] (Danish), ބެލީޒު (belīzu) (Dhivehi), Belize [neuter] (Dutch), བེ་ལིཛ (be lidz) (Dzongkha), Belizo (Esperanto), Belize (Estonian), Belis [neuter] (Faroese), Belize (Finnish), Belize [masculine] (French), Belice (Galician), ბელიზი (belizi) (Georgian), Belize [neuter] (German), Μπελίζ (Belíz) [feminine] (Greek), בֶּלִיז (belíz) [feminine] (Hebrew), बेलीज़ (belīz) [masculine] (Hindi), Belize (Hungarian), Belís [neuter] (Icelandic), Belize (Indonesian), Belize (Interlingua), An Bheilís [feminine] (Irish), Belize [masculine] (Italian), ベリーズ (Berīzu) (Japanese), Belize (Kalenjin), Belize (Kamba), Белиз (Beliz) (Kazakh), បេលី (beelii) (Khmer), Belize (Kikuyu), 벨리즈 (Bellijeu) (Korean), 벨리제 (Bellije) [North-Korea] (Korean), Белиз (Beliz) (Kyrgyz), ເບລິດ (bē lit) (Lao), Beliza [feminine] (Latvian), Belizas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Belize (Luhya), Belize (Luo), Бели́з (Belíz) [masculine] (Macedonian), Belize (Malay), il-Beliz (Maltese), il-Beliże (Maltese), Pērihi (Maori), Belize (Meru), Белиз (Beliz) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Bélize [masculine] (Norman), Belîze (Northern Kurdish), Belize [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), بليز (beliz) [masculine] (Pashto), بلیز (beliz) (Persian), Belize [neuter] (Polish), Belize [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), Belize [neuter] (Romanian), Бели́з (Belíz) [masculine] (Russian), Белиз [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Бѐлӣзе [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Beliz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bèlīze [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Belizi [masculine] (Sicilian), බෙලීස් (belīs) (Sinhalese), Belize [neuter] (Slovak), Belize [masculine] (Slovene), Belice [masculine] (Spanish), Belise (Sranan Tongo), Belize (Swahili), Belize [neuter] (Swedish), Belise (Tagalog), Belize (Tagalog), Белиз (Beliz) (Tajik), Белиз (Beliz) (Tatar), เบลีซ (bee-líis) (Thai), བེ་ལི་ཛི (be li dzi) (Tibetan), Belize (Turkish), Beliz (Turkmen), Белі́з (Belíz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), بیلیز (belīz) [masculine] (Urdu), بېلىز (bëliz) (Uyghur), Beliz (Uzbek), Bê-li-xê (Vietnamese), Be-li-dơ (Vietnamese), Belîs [masculine] (Welsh), בעליז (beliz) [neuter] (Yiddish), Bèlísẹ̀ (Yoruba)

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          "word": "בֶּלִיז"
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          "word": "An Bheilís"
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          "word": "Belize"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "lang": "Kalenjin",
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          "word": "បេលី"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Bellijeu",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "벨리즈"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Bellije",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
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          "sense": "country",
          "word": "ເບລິດ"
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Belizi"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "belīs",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "බෙලීස්"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Belize"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Belize"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Belice"
        },
        {
          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Belise"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Belize"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Belize"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Belise"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Belize"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Beliz",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Белиз"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "Beliz",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Белиз"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bee-líis",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "เบลีซ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "be li dzi",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "བེ་ལི་ཛི"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Belize"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Beliz"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Belíz",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Белі́з"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "belīz",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بیلیز"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "bëliz",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "بېلىز"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Beliz"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Bê-li-xê"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Be-li-dơ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Belîs"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "beliz",
          "sense": "country",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "בעליז"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "country",
          "word": "Bèlísẹ̀"
        }
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q242"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:Belize"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈliːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛlˈiːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beɪlˈiːz/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "balise (one pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-Belize.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-Belize.ogg/En-us-Belize.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-Belize.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Belize"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Belizean"
    },
    {
      "word": "Belize City"
    },
    {
      "word": "Belize River"
    },
    {
      "word": "BZD"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "Belice"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish Belice",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "myn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mayan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mop",
        "3": "beliz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "muddy water(s)"
      },
      "expansion": "Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water(s)”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Wallace"
      },
      "expansion": "Wallace",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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)”), 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.",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Belize",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "topics": [
        "countries-of-Central-America",
        "countries",
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "country of Central America"
    },
    {
      "word": "Costa Rica"
    },
    {
      "word": "El Salvador"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guatemala"
    },
    {
      "word": "Honduras"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nicaragua"
    },
    {
      "word": "Panama"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Dhivehi terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "English terms derived from Mayan languages",
        "English terms derived from Mopan Maya",
        "English terms derived from Spanish",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/iːz",
        "Rhymes:English/iːz/2 syllables",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Belize",
        "en:Countries",
        "en:Countries in Central America"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Central America",
          "Central America#English"
        ],
        [
          "British Honduras",
          "British Honduras"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q242"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q242"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:Belize"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈliːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛlˈiːz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beɪlˈiːz/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "balise (one pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-Belize.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-Belize.ogg/En-us-Belize.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-Belize.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ቤሊዝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "balīz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بَلِيز"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Բելիզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Beliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Bjelíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Белі́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Бэлі́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "bzj",
      "lang": "Belizean Creole",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Bileez"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "belij",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "বেলিজ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Бели́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "bha.lij",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ဘလိဇ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Белі́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "伯利茲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bǎilìzī",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "伯利兹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "belīzu",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ބެލީޒު"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "dz",
      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "be lidz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "བེ་ལིཛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "belizi",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ბელიზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Μπελίζ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בֶּלִיז"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "belīz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बेलीज़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belís"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Bheilís"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Berīzu",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ベリーズ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kln",
      "lang": "Kalenjin",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "kam",
      "lang": "Kamba",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Белиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "beelii",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "បេលី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Bellijeu",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "벨리즈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Bellije",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "벨리제"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belîze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Белиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bē lit",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "ເບລິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belizas"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Бели́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "il-Beliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "il-Beliże"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Pērihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mer",
      "lang": "Meru",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Белиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bélize"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بليز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "بلیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Бели́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Белиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Бѐлӣзе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bèlīze"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "belīs",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "බෙලීස්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belice"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belise"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belise"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Белиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Белиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bee-líis",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "เบลีซ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "be li dzi",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "བེ་ལི་ཛི"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Belize"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Beliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Belíz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Белі́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "belīz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بیلیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "bëliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "بېلىز"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Beliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Bê-li-xê"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Be-li-dơ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Belîs"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "beliz",
      "sense": "country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "בעליז"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "country",
      "word": "Bèlísẹ̀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Belize"
}

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