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HD 49674 b, formally named  Eburonia, is an extrasolar planet located approximately 134 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga, orbiting the star HD 49674. This planet was discovered orbiting the star in 2002. The planet is a gas giant and orbits extremely close to its star, which takes only 4.95 days to revolve.
HD 49674 b, along with its parent star, was chosen as part of the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign organised by the International Astronomical Union in which each country was assigned a star and planet to be named. The HD 49674 system was assigned to Belgium.
The winning proposal named HD 49674 b Eburonia and the parent star Nervia, both after prominent Belgic tribes, the Eburones and Nervii respectively.

The Eburones were a folk tribe most of whom lived at the time of Caesar “between Meuse and Rhine,” in parts of present-day Holland and Belgium and Germany (on the Roer, a tributary of the Meuse). To the west, their territory bordered that of the Menapians, who lived at the mouth of the Meuse and Rhine. The Ambivariti can also be located somewhere along their western border. The tribe was partially destroyed by Caesar. The survivors are found as Texuandri in Toxandria, today’s Kempen in the provinces of Antwerp and North Brabant.