Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the

Low Countries The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...

of Europe. It may refer to:

Place names in Europe

London-Brabant Massif The London-Brabant Massif or London-Brabant Platform is, in the tectonic structure of Europe, a structural high or massif that stretches from the Rhineland in western Germany across northern Belgium (in the province of Brabant) and the North Sea t ...

, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany

Belgium

* Province of Brabant, which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region: **

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Haina ...

, in the Flanders region ** Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region **

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Klein-Brabant

("Little Brabant") is a Flanders, Flemish region in the B ...

, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region * East Brabant, or

Hageland The Hageland is a landscape in the Flemish Region of Belgium, situated in the eastern part of the Province of Flemish Brabant. It is mainly comprised between the cities of Aarschot, Leuven, Tienen and Diest, and probably coincides to some extent w ...

, an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen

Netherlands

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

province

France

* Brabant-en-Argonne, commune in the Meuse department *

Brabant-le-Roi Brabant-le-Roi () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The priest and Encyclopédistes, Encyclopédiste Charles Millot (encyclopédiste), Charles M ...

, commune in the Meuse department ** Brabant-lès-Villers (1973–1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and Villers-aux-Vents

Historical use

* Pagus of Brabant, the original, early medieval territory, divided between several counts, core of the later Landgraviate * Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183), an expansive medieval lordship including Brussels, core of the later Duchy *

Duchy of Brabant The Duchy of Brabant was a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries, part of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1430 and of the Habsburg Neth ...

, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1183 until the French Revolution, by which time the northern half was lost to the Dutch Republic *

Staats-Brabant The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands ( nl, Generaliteitslanden) were about one fifth of the territories of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the States-General. Unlike the seven pr ...

, a territory of the Dutch Republic directly governed by the States-General from 1588 until the French Revolution * Département of Brabant, a département under various forms of French control, formed from an earlier French Département of the Dommel, and predecessor of modern North Brabant. * Province of Brabant (called South Brabant, 1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, based on earlier French département of the Dyle, became part of Belgium in 1830, now divided into three parts (see above)

Royalty and nobility

* House of Brabant descended from the

Reginarid The Reginarids (or Regnarids, Regniers, Reiniers, etc.) were a family of magnates in Lower Lotharingia during the Carolingian and Ottonian period. Their modern name is derived from the personal name which many members of the family bore, and which ...

family of Lotharingia * Duke of Brabant, a dynastic title of the modern Belgian royal family

Place names outside Europe

* Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada * Port Brabant, former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada * Brabant, West Virginia, United States * Le Morne Brabant, a mountain on Mauritius * Brabant Island, Antarctica

Other uses

* Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the

Belgian Draught The Belgian Draught, french: Trait belge, italic=no, nl, Belgisch Trekpaard, italic=no, is a Belgian breed of draught horse. It originates from the Brabant region of modern Belgium, and is one of the strongest of the heavy breeds. The breed as ...

, a Belgian breed of horse * Brabantian, a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language * Brabançonne (or "the Brabantian"), the national anthem of Belgium * Brabant killers, a 1980s terrorist group * HNLMS ''Noord-Brabant'' ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy *

Brabant Company The Brabant Company (Dutch - ''Brabantsche Compagnie''), also known as the New Company (''Nieuwe Compagnie'') was a precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Brabantsche Company was set up in 1599, by Jacques de Velaer, Isaac le Maire, ...

, precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) * ''Brabant'' (train), a Paris-Brussels express train 1963–1995 * ''Brabant'' (cruise ship), operated by

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is a UK-based, Norwegian-owned cruise shipping line with four cruise ships. The company is owned by Bonheur and Ganger Rolf and is headquartered in Ipswich, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom. The company is part of the F ...

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