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Bruxelles

American  
[bry-sel, bryk-] / brüˈsɛl, brük- /

noun

  1. Brussels.


Bruxelles British  
/ brysɛl /

noun

  1. the French name for Brussels

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert lowered its stake in the customer experience services provider to 2,773,667 shares.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

This fact could make a toll more likely as an outcome of the cease-fire talks that are set to start this weekend, said Guntram Wolff, economics professor at Belgium’s Université Libre de Bruxelles.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

Co-author Pierre Gaspard at the Université Libre de Bruxelles developed a reaction scheme and theoretically imposedperiodically changing temperatures to replicate the experimental rates and selectivities of the reaction.

From Science Daily Oct. 5, 2023

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by Chantal Akerman, has topped the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound poll.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2022

The reign of Louis xiv. witnessed the production of the most stately needle-point laces, the transformation of Venetian point, and the growth of Points d’Alençon, d’Argentan, de Bruxelles and d’Angleterre.

From A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies by Wilde, Oscar

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