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BRANDENBURG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brandenburg mean?
• BRANDENBURG (noun)
The noun BRANDENBURG has 1 sense:
1. the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
Familiarity information: BRANDENBURG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Brandenburg" is a part of...):
Preussen; Prussia (a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland)
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