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词汇 Belize
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Definition of Belize in English:

Belize

proper nounbɛˈliːzbəˈliz
  • A country on the Caribbean coast of Central America; population 359,000 (estimated 2015); languages, English (official), Creole, Spanish; capital, Belmopan.

    伯利兹(中美洲加勒比海岸国家;2009年估计人口307, 900;讲英语 官方语言、克里奥语、西班牙语;首都贝尔莫潘;1973年前称英属洪都拉斯)

    Former name (until 1973) British Honduras

Proclaimed as a British Crown Colony in 1862, Belize became an independent Commonwealth state in 1981. Guatemala, which bounds it on the west and south, has always claimed the territory on the basis of old Spanish treaties, although in 1992 it agreed to recognize the existence of Belize

Origin

Named after a river with a Mayan name meaning 'muddy water'.

Rhymes

Achinese, Ambonese, appease, Assamese, Balinese, Beninese, Bernese, bêtise, Bhutanese, breeze, Burmese, Cantonese, Castries, cerise, cheese, chemise, Chinese, Cingalese, Cleese, Congolese, Denise, Dodecanese, ease, éminence grise, expertise, Faroese, freeze, Fries, frieze, Gabonese, Genoese, Goanese, Guyanese, he's, Japanese, Javanese, jeez, journalese, Kanarese, Keys, Lebanese, lees, legalese, Louise, Macanese, Madurese, Maltese, marquise, Milanese, Nepalese, officialese, overseas, pease, Pekinese, Peloponnese, Piedmontese, please, Portuguese, Pyrenees, reprise, Rwandese, seise, seize, Senegalese, she's, Siamese, Sienese, Sikkimese, Sinhalese, sleaze, sneeze, squeeze, Stockton-on-Tees, Sudanese, Sundanese, Surinamese, Tabriz, Taiwanese, tease, Tees, telegraphese, these, Timorese, Togolese, trapeze, valise, Viennese, Vietnamese, vocalese, wheeze

Definition of Belize in US English:

Belize

proper nounbəˈlizbəˈlēz
  • A country in northeastern Central America, on the coast of the Caribbean Sea; population 359,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Belmopan; languages, English (official), Creole, Spanish.

    Proclaimed as a British Crown Colony in 1862, Belize became independent within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. Guatemala, on the west and south, has always claimed the territory on the basis of old Spanish treaties, although in 1992 it agreed to recognize the existence of Belize

    Former name (until 1973) "British Honduras"

Origin

Named after a river with a Mayan name meaning ‘muddy water’.

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