Brabant

See also: brabant

English

Etymology

From Dutch Brabant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæbənt/, /ˈbɹɑːbənt/, /bɹəˈbænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Proper noun

Brabant

1. (historical) Until 1995, a province of central Belgium; since divided into Flemish Brabant, Brussels-Capital Region and Walloon Brabant.
2. Duchy of Brabant; a historical region, roughly comprising the area of modern Flemish and Walloon Brabant, Brussels, the Belgian province of Antwerp, and the Dutch province of North Brabant.

Derived terms

• Brabantian
• Brabantic
• Brabantine
• Brabantish

Translations

former province of central Belgium

• Armenian: Բրաբանտ (Brabant)
• Azerbaijani: Brabant
• Bulgarian: Брабант (Brabant)
• Catalan: Brabant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉邦 (Bùlābāng)

• Dutch: Brabant (nl) n
• Esperanto: Brabanto
• French: Brabant (fr) m
• German: Brabant (de) n
• Hungarian: Brabant
• Italian: Brabante m
• Japanese: ブラバント (Burabanto)
• Macedonian: Брабант (Brabant)
• Polish: Brabancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Brabante
• Russian: Браба́нт (ru) m (Brabánt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Брабант

  Latin: Brabant (sh)

• Spanish: Brabante m
• Swedish: Brabant (sv)
• Turkish: Brabant
• Ukrainian: Брабант (Brabant)
• Uzbek: Brabant

historical region

• Catalan: Brabant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉邦 (Bùlābāng)

• Dutch: Brabant (nl) n
• Esperanto: Brabanto
• French: Brabant (fr) m
• German: Brabant (de) n
• Greek: Βραβάντη (el) f (Vravánti)
• Japanese: ブラバント (Burabanto)
• Latin: Brabantia f (Medieval Latin)
• Persian: Բրաբանտ
• Polish: Brabancja (pl) f
• Russian: Браба́нт (ru) m (Brabánt)

Noun

Brabant (plural Brabants)

1. A draft horse of a strong, heavy breed originating from the Brabant region of modern Belgium.

Anagrams

• Ant. & Barb.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French Brabant. Doublet of bramant.

Proper noun

Brabant m

1. Brabant (a historical province of Belgium); now divided into Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, and the Brussels-Capital Region
2. Brabant (a historical duchy in Belgium and Netherlands)

Derived terms

• Brabant Flamenc
• Brabant Való
• Brabant Septentrional

Derived terms

• brabant
• brabançó

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Braband (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brabant, from Old Dutch *brākbant (attested in Latin as pāgus brācbatensis), from Frankish, a compound of Proto-Germanic *brēk-, *brekaną (“fallow, originally 'to break'”) + *bant-, *bantō, *banti (“district, region”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (“useful, beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús-.

The latter element is also found in other toponyms such as Oosterbant, Swifterbant and Teisterbant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbraːbɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧bant

Proper noun

Brabant n

1. (Belgium) Brabant (a former province of Belgium)
2. (Netherlands) North Brabant
3. Duchy of Brabant

Synonyms

• (province of Belgium): Zuid-Brabant (1815-1830, also in the Netherlands to contrast with Noord-Brabant)
• (North Brabant): Noord-Brabant

Derived terms

• Bataafs Brabant
• Brabander
• Brabants
• Brabo
• Naad van Brabant
• Noord-Brabant
• Staats-Brabant
• Vlaams-Brabant
• Waals-Brabant
• Zuid-Brabant

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.bɑ̃/

Proper noun

Brabant m

1. Brabant

Derived terms

• Brabant flamand
• Brabant wallon

 

Anagrams

• barbant