BELIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Belize mean? 

• BELIZE (noun)
  The noun BELIZE has 1 sense:

1. a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control

  Familiarity information: BELIZE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELIZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Belize; British Honduras

Instance hypernyms:

Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)

Holonyms ("Belize" is a part of...):

Central America (the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia)

 Context examples 

Continental North America south of Mexico that is usually considered to comprise the present day countries of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

(Mesoamerica, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US.

(Mexico, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico.

(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, east of Mexico and west of Belize and Honduras.

(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus)

The Mayan culture was at its peak about 1,500 years ago in what is present day southern Mexico, Guatemala and parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)

Denotes a person from the area inbetween north and south America including persons from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Panama Canal zone.

(Central American, NCI Thesaurus)

According to the researchers, Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List, do feed in the open ocean, but juveniles tend to form large groups in only about 20 to 25 specific places around the coasts of Mexico, Belize, the Maldives, and Australia, which previous research has not explained.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)