Brussel
See also: Brüssel
Dutch
Etymology
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Grand_place_brussels.jpg/550px-Grand_place_brussels.jpg)
Grand Place, Brussels
From Broekzele, from broek 'marsh' + zele 'thatching, settlement' This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrʏsəl/
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audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Brus‧sel
- Rhymes: -ʏsəl
Proper noun
Brussel n
- Brussels (capital city of the Brabant (former duchy and former province), Flanders, Wallonia (modern regions) and Belgium, main seat of government of the EU)
- (figuratively) any of the above legal entities decreeing from Brussels.
- short for Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, the smallest of Belgium's three federative regions
Derived terms
- Brusselaar m (inhabitant)
- Brussels (adjective)
- brusselen (verb)
Icelandic
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Brussel f (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Brussel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Brussel
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