Brabant

[ bruh-bant, brah-buhnt; Dutch brah-bahnt; French bra-bahn ]
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noun
  1. a former duchy in W Europe, now divided between the Netherlands and Belgium.

  2. a province in central Belgium. 1,268 sq. mi. (3,285 sq. km). Capital: Brussels.

Other words from Brabant

  • Bra·bant·ine [bruh-ban-tin, -tahyn], /brəˈbæn tɪn, -taɪn/, adjective

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How to use Brabant in a sentence

  • It must have covered about eighty acres, and was garrisoned by the first cohort of Vetasii from Brabant.

    The Towns of Roman Britain | James Oliver Bevan
  • Bernard de Brabant made for the river, Roland hied him to the ramparts, and all marched valiantly.

  • Three years later, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his coming to Brabant, there were ftes which continued for days.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • Brabant would not have been Brabant if some comedy had not been acted on the political stage at such a time.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • They built a castle on the Coudenberg, and for the next 300 years the Court of Brabant was celebrated for its power and splendour.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

British Dictionary definitions for Brabant

Brabant

/ (brəˈbænt) /


noun
  1. a former duchy of W Europe: divided when Belgium became independent (1830), the south forming the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant and the north forming the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands

  2. a former province of central Belgium; replaced in 1995 by the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant

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