Brabant

n. family name; province of central Belgium; duchy that existed from 1190 to 1830 in western Europe (presently divided between Holland and Belgium)

Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries with quite different geographical extent:The Carolingian pagus Bracbatensis, located between the rivers Scheldt and Dijle between the 9th and 11th century;Brabant (landgraviat), the part of the pagus between the rivers Dender and Dijle (from 1085/1086 up to 1183/1184);Duchy of Brabant: territory established in 1183-84, covering approximately the present Dutch province North Brabant and the three Belgian provinces Antwerp, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant, and the Brussels-Capital Region.Brabant (province) in Belgium, which in 1995 was split up into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant.North Brabant, a province of the Netherlands.East Brabant, the Brabant area East of Brussels, also referred to as the Hageland (= the area between the 4 cities Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen)Klein Brabant, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders.
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n. Brabant, family name; province of central Belgium; duchy that existed from 1190 to 1830 in western Europe (presently divided between Holland and Belgium)

n. Brabant, region in the south of the Netherlands; province of Brabant; Carolingian shire (between 9th-11th century); landgraviat (from 1085/1086 up to 1183/1184); duchy; province of Belgium

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