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Brandenburg

Bran′den-burg

,
Noun.
[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.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg

English

Proper noun

Brandenburg

  1. (geography) Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
  2. (geography) Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
  3. (geography, historical) The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.

Translations

Noun

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.
    • Smollett
      He wore a coat [] trimmed with Brandenburgs.

See also


German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brandenburg

  1. Brandenburg (state) (Land Brandenburg)
  2. Brandenburg (province) (historical: Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg)
  3. Brandenburg (town) (Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel)