Bruxelles

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Brussels.

    "Bruſſels or Bruxelles, Lat. Bruxellæ, one of the greateſt, beautifulleſt, and beſt peopled City of the Spaniſh Netherlands, is the Capital of the Dutchy of Brabant; […] Bruxelles is a Trading Town, and has ſeveral Manufactures."

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"Bruſſels or Bruxelles, Lat. Bruxellæ, one of the greateſt, beautifulleſt, and beſt peopled City of the Spaniſh Netherlands, is the Capital of the Dutchy of Brabant; […] Bruxelles is a Trading Town, and has ſeveral Manufactures."

Etymology

From French Bruxelles.

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