English

Proper noun

Brandenburg

1. (geography) Brandenburg an der Havel, a German town.
2. (geography) Land Brandenburg, a state of modern Germany.
3. (geography, historical) The lands of Brandenburg (Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg), provinces of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Translations

Noun

Brandenburg ‎(plural Brandenburgs)

1. A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
   • Smollett

     He wore a coat […] trimmed with Brandenburgs.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the state of Brandenburg
• Wikipedia article on the province of Brandenburg
• Wikipedia article on the town of Brandenburg an der Havel

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brandenburg

1. Brandenburg (state) (Land Brandenburg)
2. Brandenburg (province) (historical: Mark Brandenburg, Provinz Brandenburg)
3. Brandenburg (town) (Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel)