Brabantian

English

Etymology

From 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