Belgian diaspora

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diaspora ethnic community

The Belgian diaspora comprises communities of people of Belgian origin living outside Belgium, including both Flemish- and French-speaking emigrants and their descendants around the world.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Belgians 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora ⓘ
ethnic community ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium ⓘ
ethnicGroup Belgians ⓘ
Flemings ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
surface form: Walloons
hasCommunityIn Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Kinshasa ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Montreal ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
São Paulo ⓘ
hasPart Brussels diaspora ⓘ
Flemish diaspora ⓘ
Walloon diaspora ⓘ
historicalMigrationWave 19th-century emigration to North America ⓘ
19th-century emigration to South America ⓘ
colonial-era settlement in Central Africa ⓘ
late 20th-century professional migration ⓘ
post-World War II labour migration within Europe ⓘ
includesPeopleOf Dutch-speaking Belgian origin ⓘ
Flemish origin ⓘ
French-speaking Belgian origin ⓘ
German-speaking Belgian origin ⓘ
Walloon origin ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
maintains Belgian chambers of commerce abroad ⓘ
Belgian cultural associations abroad ⓘ
Belgian schools abroad ⓘ
majorDestinationCountry Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
relatedTo Belgian citizenship ⓘ
Belgian culture ⓘ
Belgian nationality law ⓘ
religion Irreligion ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flemish Americans → partOf → Belgian diaspora ⓘ
Belgian Americans → relatedGroup → Belgian diaspora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgians