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Brau

Brau proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Brau (plural Braus)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Brau

pluralBraus

Origin of Brau

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer; * Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).

Questions about Brau

What does Brau mean?
Brau means a surname.
What part of speech is Brau?
Brau is a proper noun.

Words near Brau in the dictionary

  1. bratvas
  2. bratwurst
  3. bratwursts
  4. Bratz
  5. Bratzes
  6. Brau
  7. Braubach
  8. Brauch
  9. brauche
  10. braucherei
  11. Brauchs

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