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Brandenburg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹændənbɜːɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɹændɪnbɚɡ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/ (General-American)

Etymology

* From German Brandenburg. * (city in Kentucky): Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.

Meanings

1. A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
   • He wore a coat […] trimmed with Brandenburgs. 1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Brandenburg en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹændənbɜːɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɹændɪnbɚɡ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/ (General-American)

Etymology

* From German Brandenburg. * (city in Kentucky): Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.

Meanings

1. A state in the northeast of Germany.
2. Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
3. (historical) The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
   • Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania. 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
4. A home rule city, the county seat of Meade County, Kentucky, United States.

Forms

Deriveds

Brandenburgian · Brandenburgish · Brandenburger

Translations (102)

fi Brandenburg an der Havel (city in the United States) · pl Brandenburgia (province) · hy Բրանդենբուրգ (state in northeast Germany) · ca Brandenburg (city in the United States) · gmw-rfr Brandebursch (state in northeast Germany) · ro Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · az Brandenburq (state in northeast Germany) · ru Бра́нденбург (state in northeast Germany) · dsb Branibor (city in the United States) · sv Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · hu Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · csb Brandenbùrgiô (province) · hsb Braniborska (state in northeast Germany) · pox Branibor (state in northeast Germany) · cs Braniboř (city in the United States) · de Provinz Brandenburg (province) · fa-ira بِرانْدِنْبورْگ (state in northeast Germany) · pt Brandenburgo (state in northeast Germany) · gmw-ecg Brandnburg (state in northeast Germany) · de Brandenburg an der Havel (city in the United States) · ar براندنبورغ (state in northeast Germany) · vo Brandänburgän (län) (state in northeast Germany) · fr Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel (city in the United States) · af Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · sk Brandenbursko (state in northeast Germany) · nl Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · fr Brandebourg (state in northeast Germany) · lt Brandenburgas (state in northeast Germany) · cmn 勃蘭登堡 /勃兰登堡 (state in northeast Germany) · fi Brandenburg (province) · es Brandeburgo (state in northeast Germany) · pl Brandenburgia (state in northeast Germany) · ka ბრანდენბურგი (state in northeast Germany) · la Brandenburgia (city in the United States) · nl Brandenburg (city in the United States) · dsb Bramborska (state in northeast Germany) · sk Braniborsko (state in northeast Germany) · de Brandenburg (city in the United States) · de Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · ru Бранденбу́рг (city in the United States) · fi Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · fy Brandenburch (state in northeast Germany) · vo Brandenburg (zif) (city in the United States) · gmw-rfr Brandebursch (province) · sh Бранденбург (state in northeast Germany) · csb Brandenbùrgiô (state in northeast Germany) · la Brandenburgum (state in northeast Germany) · sl Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · mk Бранденбург (city in the United States) · de Land Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · eo Brandenburgio (state in northeast Germany) · lv Brandenburga (state in northeast Germany) · nds-de Brannenborg (state in northeast Germany) · pt Brandenburgo (city in the United States) · yi בראַנדנבורג (state in northeast Germany) · gl Brandeburgo (state in northeast Germany) · fr Brandebourg (city in the United States) · nds-de Brannenborg (city in the United States) · ka ბრანდენბურგის პროვინცია (province) · cmn 勃蘭登堡州 /勃兰登堡州 (state in northeast Germany) · hi ब्रांडेनबर्ग (state in northeast Germany) · ka ბრანდენბურგი (city in the United States) · de Brandenburg (province) · ru Бра́нденбург (city in the United States) · uk Бра́нденбу́рг (state in northeast Germany) · szl Brandymburgijo (state in northeast Germany) · gmw-ecg Brandnburch (state in northeast Germany) · gmw-ecg Brandnborch (state in northeast Germany) · tr Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · ja ブランデンブルク州 (state in northeast Germany) · vi Bran-đen-buốc (state in northeast Germany) · cmn 布蘭登堡 /布兰登堡 (state in northeast Germany) · ru Бранденбу́рг (state in northeast Germany) · nn Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · hu Brandenburg (city in the United States) · mk Бранденбург (state in northeast Germany) · el Βρανδεμβούργο (state in northeast Germany) · ka ბრანდენბურგის მხარე (province) · et Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · vo Brandänburgiän (provin) (province) · sq Brandenburgu (state in northeast Germany) · ca Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · mn Бранденбург (state in northeast Germany) · sh Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · fa-ira بِرانْدِنْبورْگ (province) · gmw-ecg Brandnborg (state in northeast Germany) · is Brandenborg (state in northeast Germany) · fi Brandenburg (city in the United States) · da Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · hi ब्रांडेनबर्ग (province) · ka ბრანდენბურგი (province) · nb Brandenburg (state in northeast Germany) · bg Бра́нденбург (state in northeast Germany) · pl Brandenburg (city in the United States) · bar Brandnburg (state in northeast Germany) · cs Braniborsko (state in northeast Germany) · ko 브란덴부르크주 (state in northeast Germany) · he ברנדנבורג (state in northeast Germany) · de Stadt Brandenburg (city in the United States) · it Brandeburgo (state in northeast Germany) · co Brandeburgu (state in northeast Germany) · it Brandeburgo (city in the United States)