Brabant
Brabant may refer to:
Historical use
- House of Brabant, a noble family from Lotharingia
- Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183), a medieval county west of Brussels, a small part of the Frankish pagus of Brabant including the rivers Zender, Senne and Dijle, became part of the larger Duchy of Brabant in 1183
- Duchy of Brabant (1183–1795), a region of the Holy Roman Empire; a duchy (1183–1556), part of Burgundian Netherlands (1430–1482); under Habsburg rule as Spanish Netherlands (1482–1581) and Austrian Netherlands (1581–1795), French Republic (1795-1814)
- South Brabant (1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, became part of Belgium in 1830 along with Central Brabant (Antwerp province)
- Province of Brabant (1830–1995), southern province of Belgium centred on Brussels
Place names in Europe
In the Netherlands:
- North Brabant province
In Belgium:
- Province of Brabant, which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region:
- Flemish Brabant, in the Flanders region
- Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Klein-Brabant, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region
- East Brabant, or Hageland, an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen
In France:
- Brabant-en-Argonne, commune in the Meuse department
- Brabant-le-Roi, commune in the Meuse department
- Brabant-lès-Villers (1973-1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and Villers-aux-Vents
Place names outside Europe
- Brabant, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Port Brabant, former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada
- Brabant, West Virginia, USA
- Le Morne Brabant, a mountain on Mauritius
- Brabant Island, Antarctica
Other uses
- Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the Belgian (horse)
- Brabantian, a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language
- Brabant killers, a 1980s terroristic group
- HNLMS Noord-Brabant ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy
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