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Meaning of Brant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
bɹænt

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
    Canada, US
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saginaw County, Michigan.
  5. A town in Erie County, New York.
  6. An unincorporated community in the town of Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
  7. A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
  8. A municipality in Ontario, Canada, named Brant County or the County of Brant.

Equivalents

العربية البرنتيّة
Čeština berneška
Español barnacla
Français bernarche
Íslenska margæs
Nederlands zeegans zwarte gans
Polski bernikla
Português barnacle bernaca
Русский каза́рка

Examples

“I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?”

CEFR level

C2
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