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[–] DivingPinguin@feddit.nl 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

'Belgium' comes from the latin 'bellum'.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

While the Belgae are the bravest of all the Gauls, I don't think that's quite where the name comes from!

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago

The second part of that quote can be summarised as

“Because they are an uncivilised bunch of warmongers”