Type Country Usage English, Hungarian, Malay Pronounced Pron. /ˈbɛl.d͡ʒəm/(English) /ˈbɛl.ɡiʲ.um/(Hungarian) Meaning & History From Latin Belgica, a province in the Roman Empire. Since 1830 this is the name of a country in Western Europe. Dutch and French are the main spoken languages.