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Liège
is a municipality and a city of Belgium. The term Liège or Liege may also refer to:
In Belgium, Liège may also refer to:
The term Liégeoise means of or related to Liège. (Note the reversed [acute] accent.) It may refer to:
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
is a municipality and a city of Belgium. The term Liège or Liege may also refer to:
- Liege, a party to the oath of allegiance in feudalismFeudalismFeudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system for ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.Although derived from the...
(unrelated to the city). - Liège IslandLiège IslandLiège Island is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Liège Island is located at...
, in the Antarctic - Liège (Paris Metro)Liège (Paris Metro)Liège is a station on line 13 of the Paris Métro on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements.It was built as part of the Nord-Sud Company's Line B from Saint-Lazare to Porte de Saint-Ouen and opened on 26 February 1911 as Berlin, named after the nearby Rue Berlin...
, a subway station in Paris - Liège (car)Liège (car)The Liège is a lightweight two-seater car. An original design by Peter Davis, inspired by the classic sporting car era of the 1950s.Fifty of these cars were supplied in component form between 1997 and 2007. Designed and developed from 1985 to 1996 in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England....
, inspired by the 1950s classic sporting car era
In Belgium, Liège may also refer to:
- Liège (province)Liège (province)Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...
, a province of Belgium - Battle of LiègeBattle of LiègeThe Battle of Liège was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium, and the first battle of World War I. The attack on the city began on 5 August 1914 and lasted until the 16th when the last Belgian fort finally surrendered...
, the first battle of World War I - Bishopric of LiègeBishopric of LiègeThe Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries in present Belgium. It acquired its status as a prince-bishopric between 980 and 985 when Bishop Notger, who had been the bishop of Liege since 972, acquired the status of Prince-Bishop...
, a former state in the Low Countries - University of LiègeUniversity of LiègeThe University of Liège , in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.-History:...
, a major public university - Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a famous one-day road cycling race in Belgium
- Liège-Guillemins, the main train station of the city of Liège
- Liège airportLiège AirportLiège Airport , also called Liège-Bierset, is an important cargo airport in Belgium. It was at the end of 2009 the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe...
, the airport of the city of Liège
The term Liégeoise means of or related to Liège. (Note the reversed [acute] accent.) It may refer to:
- Revolution LiégeoiseRevolution LiégeoiseThe Liège Revolution is a period of time extending from 1789 to 1795 and eventually led to the abolition of the Bishopric of Liège, after eight centuries of existence as an independent state.-Historiography:...
, the 1789-1794 revolution that ousted the Liège prince bishops - Café liégeoisCafé liégeoisCafé liégeois is a cold dessert made from lightly sweetened coffee, coffee flavour ice cream and chantilly cream.One should refrigerate a large glass with the required amount of sweetened coffee, and add the ice cream and chantilly just prior to serving...
, a coffee based cold dessert - Salade Liégeoise, a warm salad incorporating potato, green beans and fried bacon
- Liégeois, an eastern form of the Walloon languageWalloon languageWalloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...