Brandenburg

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Brandenburg

  1. A state in the northeast of Germany.
  2. Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
  3. (historical) The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
  4. A home rule city, the county seat of Meade County, Kentucky, United States.

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See also

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Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in English (layout · text)
Area states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia
City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

Noun

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Brandenburg (plural Brandenburgs)

  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.

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German

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Etymology

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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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  • IPA(key): [ˈbʁandn̩bʊʁk]
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  • Hyphenation: Bran‧den‧burg

Proper noun

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Brandenburg n (proper noun, genitive Brandenburgs or (optionally with an article) Brandenburg)

  1. Brandenburg (a state in northeast Germany)
    Synonym: Land Brandenburg
  2. Brandenburg (a historical province of Germany)
    Synonyms: Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg
  3. Synonym of Brandenburg an der Havel

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Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in German (layout · text)
Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen
Stadtstaaten: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

References

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  1. ^ 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

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