Definition of belonging | Bee Dictionary of English

n happiness felt in a secure relationship
with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging
v be owned by; be in the possession of
v be suitable or acceptable
v be in the right place or situation
v be rightly classified in a class or category
v be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
v be a part or adjunct

Tila Tequila at a Beechwood Canyon residence belonging to her publicist, in the Hollywood hills.
You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging.
Amongst the things that Barack Obama carries for good luck are a bracelet belonging to a soldier deployed in Iraq, a gamblers lucky chit, a tiny monkey god and a tiny Madonna .

FD?business lost in fire
Most of the building belonging to a Fort Dodge electrical business was severely damaged early Friday morning by a fire that needed multiple agencies to be extinguished. The fire at Bemrich Electric & Telephone Inc., 110 S. 21st S.
June 22, 2013 - The Fort Dodge Messenger
California man locates birth family after 60 years
California resident Richard Axton sat on the couch in a home belonging to a person who had been a virtual stranger to him until recently, but he was noticeably relaxed, like he was spending an afternoon in his own home.
June 22, 2013 - The Franklin County Times
Body found in vehicle belonging to Prosser man could be identified next week
Officials expect to be able to identify next week a body found inside a burned car belonging to a mi
June 21, 2013 - Tri-City Herald

Nouri al-Maliki in Forbes
What is happening is not terrorism, but the result of disagreements and conflict between militias belonging to this side or that,al-Maliki said in televised remarks during a meeting with President Jalal Talabani.
Paul Sereno in CNN
Everywhere you turned, there were bones belonging to animals that don't live in the desert,said Sereno. "I realized we were in the green Sahara."
A Michael Spence in Sydney Morning Herald
In the August 2007 edition of the Cowley Chronicle, Spence told his parishioners: "Like it or not, we are all in this together. When St Peter writes of ': a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God', he is not...