Belize

Bélize English Etymology The origin of the name Belize is debated and marked by various theories. One contested hypothesis suggests a derivation from Peter Wallace, a Scottish corsair whose name may have evolved into Belize through Spanish pronunciation, though modern scholars dismiss this as a colonial myth. Another possibility points to a Maya origin, from the word balix or belix, meaning "muddy waters," likely referring to the Belize River. Early 18th-century cartographic records show variations such as Balesia and Belleze. Another Maya theory links the name to the phrase Bel Itza, meaning "road to Itzá," possibly referring to the Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá in present-day Guatemala.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00822884.2019.1573962 Creating “Belize”: The Mapping and Naming History of a Liminal Locale 2019-01-02 2024-11-28 Terrae Incognitae 1 Restall Matthew 5–35 10.1080/00822884.2019.1573962 0082-2884 https://web.archive.org/web/20241207003849/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00822884.2019.1573962 7 December 2024 Pronunciation en /bəˈliːz/ /bɛlˈiːz/ /beɪlˈiːz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Belize.wav UK en en-us-Belize.ogg US en balise one pronunciation en iːz 2 Proper noun en Q242en An English-speaking <<country>> in <<r/Central America>>, formerly called British Honduras. Derived terms en Belize City Belize dollar Belize River Belizean Belizian Belmopan BZD Translations Q242 country Afrikaans: af Belize Albanian: sq Belize f, sq Beliza f definite Amharic: am ቤሊዝ Arabic: ar بَلِيز f Armenian: hy Բելիզ Asturian: ast Belize Azerbaijani: az Beliz Belarusian: be Белі́з m, be Бэлі́з m Belizean Creole: bzj Bileez Bengali: bn বেলিজ Breton: br Belize Bulgarian: bg Бели́з m Burmese: my ဘလိဇ် Carpathian Rusyn: rue Белі́з m Catalan: ca Belize m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 伯利茲 Bǎilìzī Czech: cs Belize n Danish: da Belize n Dhivehi: dv ބެލީޒު Dutch: nl Belize n Dzongkha: dz བེ་ལིཛ Esperanto: eo Belizo Estonian: et Belize Faroese: fo Belis n Finnish: fi Belize French: fr Belize m Galician: gl Belice Georgian: ka ბელიზი German: de Belize n Greek: el Μπελίζ f Haitian Creole: ht Beliz Hebrew: he בֶּלִיז f belíz Hindi: hi बेलीज़ m Hungarian: hu Belize Icelandic: is Belís n Indonesian: id Belize Interlingua: ia Belize Irish: ga Beilís f An Bheilís Italian: it Belize m Japanese: ja ベリーズ Berīzu Kalenjin: kln Belize Kamba: kam Belize Kazakh: kk Белиз Khmer: km បេលី Kikuyu: ki Belize Korean: ko ^벨리즈, ko ^벨리제 North Korea Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Belîze Kyrgyz: ky Белиз Lao: lo ເບລິດ Latvian: lv Beliza f Lithuanian: lt Belizas m Luhya: luy Belize Luo: luo Belize Macedonian: mk Бели́з m Malay: ms Belize Maltese: mt Beliz il-Beliz, mt Beliże il-Beliże Māori: mi Pērihi Meru: mer Belize Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Белиз Norman: nrf Bélize m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Belize n Pashto: ps بليز m beliz Persian: fa بلیز beliz Polish: pl Belize n Portuguese: pt Belize m f Punjabi: pa ਬੇਲੀਜ਼ Romanian: ro Belize n Russian: ru Бели́з m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Белиз m, sh Бѐлӣзе m Latin: sh Beliz m, sh Bèlīze m Sicilian: scn Belizi m Sinhalese: si බෙලීස් Slovak: sk Belize n Slovene: sl Belize m Spanish: es Belice m Sranan Tongo: srn Belise Swahili: sw Belize Swedish: sv Belize n Tagalog: tl Belise, tl Belize Tajik: tg Белиз Tamil: ta பெலீஸ், ta பெலீசு Tatar: tt Белиз Thai: th เบลีซ Tibetan: bo བེ་ལི་ཛི Turkish: tr Belize Turkmen: tk Beliz Ukrainian: uk Белі́з m Urdu: ur بیلیز m belīz Uyghur: ug بېلىز Uzbek: uz Beliz Vietnamese: vi Bê-li-xê, vi Be-li-dơ Welsh: cy Belîs m Yiddish: yi בעליז n See also References en calculator words Asturian ast: Pronunciation Proper noun m ast Belize Q242 Breton Proper noun br proper noun br Belize Q242 Catalan ca: Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Belize.wav Valencia Proper noun m ca Belize Q242 Czech cs: Pronunciation cs Cs-Belize.ogg Proper noun n 1 belizský Belizan cs Belize Q242 Further reading Danish Proper noun da Belize Q242 Dutch Pronunciation nl /ˌbeːˈliː.zə/ nl Nl-Belize.ogg nl Be li ze nl iːzə Proper noun n nl Belize Q242 Anagrams nl beziel, nl blieze Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et Belize Q242 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi en Belize, from fi es Belice. Pronunciation belit#se belize belise Be.li.ze Proper noun fi Belize Q242 Declension sg Beliz ä Derived terms fi belizeläinen French Alternative forms fr Bélize Pronunciation Bélize fr Fr-Belize.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-Belize.wav <<Canada>> (<<Shawinigan>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Belize.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun m fr Bélize: fr Belize Q242 Anagrams fr bêliez German de: Etymology de :bor en:Belize de en Belize. Pronunciation de /beˈliːs/ less often also /beˈliːzə/ /-sə/ de De-Belize.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n,':s:-[with an article] de Belize Q242 Derived terms de Belizer de belizisch Hungarian hu: Pronunciation beliz hu Be lize hu iz 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Belize Q242 Declension Belize-e e - z sgBelize- ei sg Derived terms hu belize-i See also References Interlingua Proper noun ia proper noun ia Belize Q242 Italian it: Proper noun m it Belize Q242 Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb Belize Q242 Related terms nb belizer nb belizisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Belize Q242 Related terms nn belizar nn belizisk Polish Pronunciation Pl-Belize.ogg Proper noun n yes belizeński pl Belize Q242 pl Q108223pl the largest <<city>> in <<c/Belize>> Belize City Derived terms pl nouns Belizeńczyk Belizenka belizeńczyk belizenka See also Further reading Portuguese Pronunciation pt Be li ze Proper noun m,f<l:Brazil> pt Belize Q242 Romanian Pronunciation ro /beˈli.ze/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Belize.wav Proper noun ro proper noun ro Belize Q242 Serbo-Croatian Etymology sh Pronunciation Bèlīze Proper noun Bèlīze m-in sh Belize Q242 Declension sh Swedish sv: Etymology Borrowed from sv es Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from sv myn -/sv mop beliz muddy water. Proper noun n sv Belize Q242 Related terms sv belizisk adjective Belizean sv belizier c Belizean male sv beliziska c Belizean female See also References saol Svensk MeSH Turkish Pronunciation tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Belize.wav Proper noun tr Belize Q242 Declension Belize Belize'yi Belize'ye Belize'de Belize'den Belize'nin See also