Belize is a tiny English-speaking Central American country with a great reef. Dive in Belize.
It was British Honduras until 1973 and is the only country there where English is official. The reef off Belize is the second longest in the world.
1nounbelizeTiny English-speaking Central American country with a great reef.
“Belize has fewer people than most cities.”
belize is a country.
Belize 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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