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BRUXELLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bruxelles mean?
• BRUXELLES (noun)
The noun BRUXELLES has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Familiarity information: BRUXELLES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Belgian capital; Brussels; Bruxelles; capital of Belgium
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Bruxelles" is a part of...):
Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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