Brandenburg

//ˈbɹændənbɜːɡ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A state in the northeast of Germany.
  2. 2
    Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
  3. 3
    The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946. historical

    "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."

  4. 4
    A home rule city, the county seat of Meade County, Kentucky, United States.

Example

More examples

"He was born in the March of Brandenburg."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

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