Brabant
See also: brabant
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Brabant
- (historical) Until 1995, a province of central Belgium; since divided into Flemish Brabant, Brussels-Capital Region and Walloon Brabant.
- Duchy of Brabant; a historical region, roughly comprising the area of modern Flemish and Walloon Brabant, Brussels, the Belgian province of Antwerp, and the Dutch province of North Brabant.
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former province of central Belgium
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historical region
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Brabant (plural Brabants)
- A draft horse of a strong, heavy breed originating from the Brabant region of modern Belgium.
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Borrowed from French Brabant. Doublet of bramant.
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Brabant m
- Brabant (a historical province of Belgium); now divided into Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, and the Brussels-Capital Region
- Brabant (a historical duchy in Belgium and Netherlands)
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- Braband (obsolete)
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From Middle Dutch brabant, from Old Dutch *brākbant (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 *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (“useful, beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús-.[1]
The latter element is also found in other toponyms such as Oosterbant, Swifterbant and Teisterbant.
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Brabant n
- (Belgium) Brabant (a former province of Belgium)
- (Netherlands) North Brabant
- Duchy of Brabant
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- (province of Belgium): Zuid-Brabant (1815-1830, also in the Netherlands to contrast with Noord-Brabant)
- (North Brabant): Noord-Brabant
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- ^ Olivier van Renswoude (2016): Brabant en andere banten
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Brabant m