Brabant

See also: brabant

English

Etymology

From Dutch Brabant.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ænt

Proper noun

Brabant (countable and uncountable, plural Brabants)

1. A surname.
3. (historical) an express train linking Gare du Nord, with Brussels-South.
5. A cultural region of Belgium and the Netherlands.
7. A historical pagus in Western Europe; in full, Pagus of Brabant.
9. A historical landgraviate in Western Europe; in full, Landgraviate of Brabant.
11. A historical duchy in the Holy Roman Empire; in full, Duchy of Brabant.
13. Ellipsis of States' Brabant: a generality land in the Netherlands.
15. A historical department of the Holland; in full, Department of Brabant.
17. Ellipsis of Batavian Brabant: a historical region of the Batavian Republic.
19. Ellipsis of North Brabant: a province of the Netherlands.
21. Ellipsis of South Brabant: a historical province in the Netherlands.
23. A historical province of Belgium. Official name: Province of Brabant.
25. Ellipsis of Flemish Brabant: a province of Flanders, Belgium.
27. Ellipsis of Walloon Brabant: a province of Wallonia, Belgium.

Derived terms

• Batavian Brabant
• Brabant Bay
• Brabant Channel
• Brabant Company
• Brabant Day
• Brabant Formation
• Brabantian
• Brabant Island
• Brabant Islands
• brabantite
• Brabant killers
• Brabant lace
• Brabant Lake
• Brabant loam
• Brabant Party
• Brabant Plateau
• Brabant Point
• Brabant Revolution
• Brabant Road
• Flemish Brabant
• London-Brabant Massif
• North Brabant
• Port Brabant
• States' Brabant
• Walloon Brabant

Translations

former province of central Belgium

• Armenian: Բրաբանտ (Brabant)
• Azerbaijani: Brabant
• Bulgarian: Браба́нт (Brabánt)
• 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 (tr)
• Ukrainian: Брабант (Brabant)
• Uzbek: Brabant

historical region

• Armenian: Բրաբանտ (Brabant)
• 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)
• 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 *Brācbant (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 *bʰonHdéh₂ (“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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *Brācbant (attested in Medieval Latin as pāgus brācbatensis, Bracbantum, Bracbantia), 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-.

Compare modern Dutch braak (“fallow”) and Lithuanian bandà (“herd, flock”).

Proper noun

Brâbant

1. Brabant (a duchy)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Brabant

References

• Belgian Laces, Volumes 15-19, p. 58

Further reading

• “Brabant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000