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Belvedere
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belvedere belvédère Belvédère
English
+, London
Etymology 1
From en it bel vedere beautiful view.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɛlvədɪəɹ/ UK
en LL-Q7979-Soundguys-Belvedere.wav UK
Proper noun
en suburban area in the lbor/Bexley co/Greater London cc/England historically in x/Kent OS grid ref TQ4978.
en western suburb town/Bathgate carea/West Lothian cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS9669. List of United Kingdom locations: Bea-Bem#Bei–Bel
en place c/USA:
en small city co/Marin County s/California.
en ucomm co/New Castle County s/Delaware.
en populated place co/Jefferson County s/Ohio.
en census-designated place co/Aiken County s/South Carolina.
en settlement on isl/Saint Croix terr/United States Virgin Islands.
en place c/Canada:
en locality p/Alberta.
en neighbourhood in south-east city/Calgary p/Alberta.
en neighbourhood city/Edmonton p/Alberta.
en locality r:Suf/Cassowary Coast northern s/Queensland c/Australia.
en neighbourhood city/Montevideo c/Uruguay.
en suburb city/Harare c/Zimbabwe.
Derived terms
en Belvo
Etymology 2
A reference to an urban legend about the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere, in which filming was allegedly delayed after the actor playing Mr. Belvedere injured himself by sitting on his testicles.
Verb
en humorous slang To sit painfully on one's testicles.
en American Dad Caleb Meurer 2008 Red October Sky Great, and after that you can clean my pants up coz I just Mr. Belvedered myself. Google it.
en 30 Rock TGS Hates Women Ron Weiner [You slept with] Lutz? Is that even possible? I mean, I was there when he Belvedered. God, Abby, you can't be that desperate for male attention. Liz Lemon Tina Fey 2011
en The rumor has two endings... that he yelled so loudly that the light above the table in the room shook or that he was carried out on a stretcher. 'Aaargh! I just Belvedered myself!' Getting to the Bottom of the Funniest SNL-Related Story Ever Told on3 S.E. Shephard 2025-02-13 https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-funniest-snl-related-story-ever-told/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260324123708/https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-funniest-snl-related-story-ever-told/ 24 March 2026
References
Anagrams
en bdeeeelrv rebeveled
Italian
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Etymology
Habitational surname, from any of various places in Italy called Belvedere.
Proper noun
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