- Brussels
- or French Bruxelles or Flemish Brussel geographical name city capital of Belgium & of Brabant population 136,424 • Bruxellois adjective or noun
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Brussels Capital Region — (BCR) The Brussels Capital Region (Région de Bruxelles Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), one of three regions in Belgium stipulated in article 107 quater of the constitutional reform of 1970, emerged following the constitutional… … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Brussels-Charleroi Canal — The Brussels Charleroi Canal links the Willebroeck Canal at Brussels with the Sambre River at Charleroi. For two centuries, a waterway had been sought as a means to lower the cost of transporting coal from the mines in Hainault to Brussels and … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Brussels Sprouts — A variety of cabbage, Brussels sprouts (sprotches in Brussels) date from the 12th century. Dutch botanist Dodonaeus (Rembert Dodoens) makes the first mention of Brussels sprouts in his work Crydeboek (1554), and a botanical description… … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Brussels Geographic Conference — (1876) The Brussels Geographic Conference was convened by King Leopold II in September 1876. Held at the Palais Royal, the conference was called to establish a European presence in central Africa, and attendees set goals of charting routes… … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Brussels Treaty Organization — (BTO) The Brussels Treaty Organization emerged from the Brussels Pact, a treaty concluded among Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and Great Britain on 17 March 1948, to promote military, economic, and cultural cooperation among the … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Brussels Basin — The Brussels Basin denotes the geographic trough formed in the Tertiary period (26 to 66 million years ago) that makes up the geological substructure of the city. The basin consists largely of deposits of sandstones and clays … Historical Dictionary of Brussels
Brussels — • Capital of the Kingdom of Belgium Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Brussels Brussels † … Catholic encyclopedia
BRUSSELS — BRUSSELS, capital of belgium . A Jewish community existed in Brussels by the mid 13th century. Its cultural standard is attested to by the fine illuminated Pentateuch completed there by the scribe Isaac for Ḥayyim, son of the martyr Ḥayyim, in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Brussels — Brus sels, n. A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. [1913 Webster] {Brussels carpet}, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brussels — carpet (woven with a raised pattern by a method first used in Brussels); brussels griffon (toy dog bred in Brussels); brussels lace (high quality floralpattern lace); brussels sprouts (small cabbage like vegetable) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Brussels — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Brussels (Illinois) Brussels (Wisconsin) … Deutsch Wikipedia
