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Brussels

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbɹʌsəlz

Definitions

  1. The capital city of Belgium. Official name: City of Brussels.
  2. A Brussels carpet.
  3. A region of Belgium. Official name: Brussels-Capital Region.
  4. A Brussels sprout.
  5. The administrative apparatus of the European Union.
  6. A historical district of the German Reich. Official name: District of Brussels.
  7. A historical republic of Western Europe; in full, Calvinist Republic of Brussels.
  8. A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Brussels.

Equivalents

Españolbruselas
FrançaisBruxelles
DeutschBrüssel
47 more languages
AfrikaansBrussel
БългарскиБрюксел
ČeštinaBrusel
CymraegBrwsel
ΕλληνικάΒρυξέλλες
EsperantoBruselo
SuomiBryssel
GalegoBruxelas
עבריתבריסל
हिन्दीब्रसेल्स
MagyarBrüsszel
ՀայերենԲրյուսել
ÍslenskaBrussel
ქართულიბრიუსელი
ភាសាខ្មែរព្រុចសែល
KurdîBruksel
КыргызчаБрүссел
LatinaBrosella
LëtzebuergeschBréissel
LietuviųBriuselis
LatviešuBrisele
МакедонскиБрисел
NederlandsBrussel
PolskiBruksela
PortuguêsBruxelas
RomânăBruxelles
РусскийБрюссель
SlovenčinaBrusel
SlovenščinaBruselj
SvenskaBryssel
TagalogBruselas
TürkçeBrüksel
اردوبرسلز
Tiếng ViệtBrúc-xen

Examples

Buying bread from a man in Brussels / He was 6'4", and full of muscle
“If the same design be produced in a Brussels and in a Tapestry it will be found that the Brussels shows sharp, clean-cut outlines, where the Tapestry gives ragged, uneven effects, […]”
“We cooked a big Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, Brussels, and parsnips.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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