Meaning

8 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.

  2. (countable, historical, uncountable)An express train linking Gare du Nord, with Brussels-South.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A cultural region of Belgium and the Netherlands.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A historical pagus in Western Europe; in full, Pagus of Brabant.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A historical landgraviate in Western Europe; in full, Landgraviate of Brabant.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A historical duchy in the Holy Roman Empire; in full, Duchy of Brabant.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A historical department of the Holland; in full, Department of Brabant.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A historical province of Belgium. Official name: Province of Brabant.

    Brabant

    Браба́нтBrabánt

    Брабант

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm from North Brabant.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
former province of central Belgium:
Русский
By meaning 1
former province of central Belgium:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
former province of central Belgium:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English Braband, Brabant, modification of Braban (possibly after Mid

Inherited from Middle English Braband, Brabant, modification of Braban (possibly after Middle Dutch Brâbant), from Anglo-Norman Braban, Brabain, from Early Medieval Latin Bracbantus, from Proto-West Germanic *brak (“break”) + *bantu (“district”).

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Forms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbrabantite

See also

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