Brabant
Americannoun
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a former duchy in W Europe, now divided between the Netherlands and Belgium.
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a province in central Belgium. 1,268 sq. mi. (3,285 sq. km). Brussels.
noun
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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
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a former province of central Belgium; replaced in 1995 by the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant
Other Word Forms
- Brabantine adjective
Example Sentences
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A self-confessed politics nerd as a child, the young Jetten grew up in a small town in the southern province of Brabant and came out when he was young.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Catherine Brabant, a meteorologist at Environment Canada, said it did not appear that wind patterns will shift the smoke plumes toward Quebec’s biggest city, Montreal.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023
Montreal Police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said investigators had reason to believe there were victims inside.
From Reuters • Mar. 19, 2023
More placid but just as evocative are paintings, drifting from realist to mildly Impressionist, of quieter stretches of the river by Christina Blake, Jill Brabant, Debra Dartez and Georgia Nassikas.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022
Back in North Brabant, a notice arrives that Vincent has been drafted for peacetime military service.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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