Brandenburg
English
Alternative forms
- Brandenburgh (obsolete)
Etymology
From German Brandenburg.
Proper noun
Brandenburg
- A state in the northeast of Germany.
- Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
- (historical) The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
- 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.
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
- A home rule city, the county seat of Meade County, Kentucky, United States. Named after Solomon Brandenburg, a land owner.
Derived terms
- Brandenburger
- Brandenburgian
- Brandenburgish
Translations
state in northeast Germany
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province
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city in the United States
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Noun
Brandenburg (plural Brandenburgs)
- 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.
- 1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC:
- He wore a coat […] trimmed with Brandenburgs.
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German
Etymology
The second element is from Burg; the first element is usually said to be of Slavic origin, possibly related to the root of the Czech city name Brno.[1]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Brandenburg n (proper noun, genitive Brandenburgs or (optionally with an article) Brandenburg)
- Brandenburg (a state in northeast Germany)
- Synonym: Land Brandenburg
- Brandenburg (a historical province of Germany)
- Synonyms: Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg
- Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel (a town in Brandenburg, Germany)
Derived terms
- Brandenburger
- Brandenburgisch
- brandenburgisch
- Kurfürstentum Brandenburg
- Land Brandenburg
- Mark Brandenburg
- Märkisch-Brandenburgisch
- märkisch-brandenburgisch
- Provinz Brandenburg
References
- Vlasto, A. P. (1970). The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 352
Further reading
- “Brandenburg” in Duden online
- “Brandenburg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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