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nouna monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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- euro the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
- brussels the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- belgian of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people
- belgian a native or inhabitant of Belgium
- gaul an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
- congo a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
- gent port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
- flanders a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
- luxembourg a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
- flemish one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch