Bruxelles

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proper noun

Synonym of Brussels.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Brussels.

    No-one in French Bruxelles is very much interested in Flemish history.

    2012 July 18, Tracy Saunders, “‘It’s All in the Past, Now’: Part 2”, in The Indalo Quest: A Book about Openings and Closure, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 112
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    Bruſſels or Bruxelles, Lat. Bruxellæ, one of the greateſt, beautifulleſt, and beſt peopled City of the Spaniſh Netherlands, is the Capital of the Dutchy of Brabant; […] Bruxelles is a Trading Town, and has ſeveral Manufactures.

    1694, A[bel] Boyer, “Brussels”, in The Martial-Field of Europe: Being a Geographical and Historical Description of Those Parts of Europe, Which Are Most Famous in This Present War, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Salusbury, […], →OCLC, section I, chapter II (Of the Catholick-Provinces or Flanders in General), article II (Of the Dukedoms of Brabant Lat. Brabantia), “Places in Brabant Belonging to the Spaniards”, pages 30–31

    Charles and Hawley I left at Paris; but they purpose visiting Bruxelles on their return homewards and I shall therefore probably see them again.

    1816 June 25, Mark Beaufoy, “Captain Mark Beaufoy”, in Gwendolyn Beaufoy, Leaves from a Beech Tree, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [F]or the Author by Basil Blackwell, published 1930, →OCLC, page 229

    This new car demonstrates once again the unceasing efforts of the STIB to provide the citizens of Bruxelles with the most modern rolling stock within their financial resources.

    1963, Modern Tramway and Rapid Transit Review, volume 26, London: I. Allan, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 370, column 1

    […] restored historic residence facing onto the Boulevard de Waterloo, in the heart of Bruxelles. The restoration of the interior was done in respect of the typical characteristics of the traditional upper class home in Bruxelles: full-height windows facing onto an interior courtyard; huge wooden doors to divide the interior spaces; the walls in red brick have been re-exposed.

    2005, Ottagono, numbers 185–186, Milan: Co. P.IN.A.s.r.l., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60, column 3

    “My life that would have been” is the life of which the Nazis robbed me, the one I started to live, as my memory permits, in Bruxelles, Belgium, the life I lived until I was 11 years old.

    2004, Henri Parens, “Getting into What Happened”, in Renewal of Life: Healing from the Holocaust, Rockville, Md.: Schreiber Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Incominciamo), page 15

    Synonyms: Brussels

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Brussels.

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Origin

  1. FrenchBruxelles
  2. FrenchBruxelles
  3. EnglishBruxelles

Borrowed from French Bruxelles.

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Bruxelles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bruxelles

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