Brandenburg - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Brandenburg :  (noun)

1: the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701 [syn: Brandenburg]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Brandenburg : \Bran"den*burg\, n. [So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia.] 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.

He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. --Smollett.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Brandenburg, KY (city, FIPS 9226) Location: 37.99685 N, 86.18041 W Population (1990): 1857 (790 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40108

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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