Brabantian

English

Etymology

Brabant +‎ -ian

Adjective

Brabantian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.

   The Brabantian Calvinists emigrated en masse to Holland after the Sack of Antwerp in the 1580s.

   Synonym: Brabantine

2. Of or pertaining to the Brabantian language.

   That is a Brabantian accent, not a Limburgish one!

Translations

pertaining to Brabant

• Catalan: brabantí, brabançó
• Dutch: Brabants (nl)
• Esperanto: brabanta
• Finnish: brabantilainen
• French: brabançon (fr)
• Polish: brabancki (pl)
• Portuguese: brabantino, brabanção, brabante
• Swedish: brabantisk

Proper noun

Brabantian

1. The language or dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (the Netherlands), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces (Belgium).

   Synonyms: Brabantish, Brabantic

   He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and Belgian Standard Dutch in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers in the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

Noun

Brabantian (plural Brabantians)

1. A person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant (especially if Brabantian-speaking).

   The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, i.e. the Dutch.

Usage notes

• Nowadays the demonym mostly applies to people from the eponymous provinces.

Translations

Brabantian person

• Catalan: brabançó m, brabançona f
• Dutch: Brabander (nl)
• Esperanto: brabantano
• French: Brabançon (fr) m, Brabançonne (fr) f
• Portuguese: brabantino m