BRISBANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brisbane mean? 

• BRISBANE (noun)
  The noun BRISBANE has 1 sense:

1. capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia

  Familiarity information: BRISBANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRISBANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Brisbane" is a part of...):

Queensland (a state in northeastern Australia)

 Context examples 

The new therapy is developed by the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane and the University of Queensland.

(Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developed in Australia Shows Promise, VOA)