name
Meaning 1
A state in the northeast of Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Brandenburg
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændənbɜːɡ/
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General-American: /ˈbɹændənbɚɡ/
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General-American: /ˈbɹændɪnbɚɡ/
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name
Meaning 2
Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
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name
Meaning 3
The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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name
Meaning 4
A home rule city, the county seat of Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
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noun
Meaning 6
the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
History
Etymology
* From German Brandenburg. * (city in Kentucky): Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Albanian: Brandenburgu — state in northeast Germany
- Arabic: براندنبورغ (brandinburg) — state in northeast Germany
- Armenian: Բրանդենբուրգ — state in northeast Germany
- Azerbaijani: Brandenburq — state in northeast Germany
- Bulgarian: Бра́нденбург (Brándenburg) — state in northeast Germany
- Catalan: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Chinese Mandarin: 勃蘭登堡 /勃兰登堡 (Bólándēngbǎo) — state in northeast Germany
- Chinese Mandarin: 布蘭登堡 /布兰登堡 (Bùlándēngbǎo) — state in northeast Germany
- Chinese Mandarin: 勃蘭登堡州 /勃兰登堡州 (Bólándēngbǎo Zhōu) — state in northeast Germany
- Corsican: Brandeburgu — state in northeast Germany
- Czech: Braniborsko — state in northeast Germany
- Danish: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Dutch: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Esperanto: Brandenburgio — state in northeast Germany
- Estonian: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Finnish: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- French: Brandebourg — state in northeast Germany
- West-Frisian: Brandenburch — state in northeast Germany
- Galician: Brandeburgo — state in northeast Germany
- Georgian: ბრანდენბურგი (brandenburgi) — state in northeast Germany
- German: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- German: Land Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Bavarian German: Brandnburg — state in northeast Germany
- East Central German: Brandnborch — state in northeast Germany
- East Central German: Brandnborg — state in northeast Germany
- East Central German: Brandnburch — state in northeast Germany
- East Central German: Brandnburg — state in northeast Germany
- German: Brandebursch — state in northeast Germany
- Greek: Βρανδεμβούργο (Vrandemvoúrgo) — state in northeast Germany
- Hebrew: ברנדנבורג (brándenburg) — state in northeast Germany
- Hindi: ब्रांडेनबर्ग (brāṇḍenbarg) — state in northeast Germany
- Hungarian: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Icelandic: Brandenborg — state in northeast Germany
- Italian: Brandeburgo — state in northeast Germany
- Japanese: ブランデンブルク州 (Burandenburuku-shū) — state in northeast Germany
- Kashubian: Brandenbùrgiô — state in northeast Germany
- Korean: 브란덴부르크주 (beurandenbureukeuju) — state in northeast Germany
- Latin: Brandenburgum — state in northeast Germany
- Latvian: Brandenburga — state in northeast Germany
- Lithuanian: Brandenburgas — state in northeast Germany
- Low German: Brannenborg — state in northeast Germany
- Macedonian: Бранденбург — state in northeast Germany
- Mongolian: Бранденбург — state in northeast Germany
- Norwegian Bokmål: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Iranian Persian: بِرانْدِنْبورْگ (berândenburg) — state in northeast Germany
- Polabian: Branibor — state in northeast Germany
- Polish: Brandenburgia — state in northeast Germany
- Portuguese: Brandenburgo — state in northeast Germany
- Romanian: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Russian: Бра́нденбург (Brándenburg) — state in northeast Germany
- Russian: Бранденбу́рг (Brandenbúrg) — state in northeast Germany
- Serbo-Croatian: Бранденбург — state in northeast Germany
- Serbo-Croatian: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Silesian: Brandymburgijo — state in northeast Germany
- Slovak: Brandenbursko — state in northeast Germany
- Slovak: Braniborsko — state in northeast Germany
- Slovene: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Lower Sorbian: Bramborska — state in northeast Germany
- Upper Sorbian: Braniborska — state in northeast Germany
- Spanish: Brandeburgo — state in northeast Germany
- Swedish: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Turkish: Brandenburg — state in northeast Germany
- Ukrainian: Бра́нденбу́рг (Brándenbúrh) — state in northeast Germany
- Vietnamese: Bran-đen-buốc — state in northeast Germany
- Volapük: Brandänburgän (län) — state in northeast Germany
- Yiddish: בראַנדנבורג (brandnburg) — state in northeast Germany
- Finnish: Brandenburg — province
- Georgian: ბრანდენბურგი (brandenburgi) — province
- Georgian: ბრანდენბურგის მხარე (brandenburgis mxare) — province
- Georgian: ბრანდენბურგის პროვინცია (brandenburgis ṗrovincia) — province
- German: Brandenburg — province
- German: Provinz Brandenburg — province
- German: Brandebursch — province
- Hindi: ब्रांडेनबर्ग (brāṇḍenbarg) — province
- Kashubian: Brandenbùrgiô — province
- Iranian Persian: بِرانْدِنْبورْگ (berândenburg) — province
- Polish: Brandenburgia — province
- Volapük: Brandänburgiän (provin) — province
- Catalan: Brandenburg — city in the United States
- Czech: Braniboř — city in the United States
- Dutch: Brandenburg — city in the United States
- Finnish: Brandenburg an der Havel — city in the United States
- Finnish: Brandenburg — city in the United States
- French: Brandebourg — city in the United States
- French: Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel — city in the United States
- Georgian: ბრანდენბურგი (brandenburgi) — city in the United States
- German: Brandenburg — city in the United States
- German: Brandenburg an der Havel — city in the United States
- German: Stadt Brandenburg — city in the United States
- Hungarian: Brandenburg — city in the United States
- Italian: Brandeburgo — city in the United States
- Latin: Brandenburgia — city in the United States
- Low German: Brannenborg — city in the United States
- Macedonian: Бранденбург — city in the United States
- Polish: Brandenburg — city in the United States
- Portuguese: Brandenburgo — city in the United States
- Russian: Бра́нденбург (Brándenburg) — city in the United States
- Russian: Бранденбу́рг (Brandenbúrg) — city in the United States
- Lower Sorbian: Branibor — city in the United States
- Volapük: Brandenburg (zif) — city in the United States
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