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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 Organizationplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRUXELLES (noun)


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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