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Brabantian

Brabantian adjective: of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.

Adjective

Brabantian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.
    • The Brabantian Calvinists emigrated en masse to Holland after the Sack of Antwerp in the 1580s.
    Synonyms:
    Brabantine
  2. Of or pertaining to the Brabantian dialect.
    • That is a Brabantian accent, not a Limburgish one!

Proper noun

Brabantian

  1. The Dutch dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (the Netherlands), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces (Belgium).
    • He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and Belgian Standard Dutch in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers in the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

Noun

Brabantian (plural Brabantians)

  1. A person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant (especially if Brabantian-speaking).
    • The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, i.e. the Dutch.

Synonyms of Brabantian

Forms of Brabantian

pluralBrabantians

Origin of Brabantian

From Brabant + -ian.

Questions about Brabantian

What does Brabantian mean?
Brabantian means of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.
What part of speech is Brabantian?
Brabantian can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Brabantian in the dictionary

  1. Brabanditti
  2. Brabant
  3. Brabant Island
  4. Brabanter
  5. Brabanters
  6. Brabantian
  7. Brabantians
  8. Brabantic
  9. Brabantine
  10. Brabantish
  11. brabantite

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