Brisbane

English + River Etymology en :af gd:bris<t:break; smash><bor> ang:bān<t:bone> + , + a nickname given to someone who was often involved in fights, resulting in the breaking of bones. The city and river in Australia are named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1773–1860; governor of New South Wales (which at the time included the area of modern Queensland) from 1821 to 1825. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɪzbən/ 2003, Macquarie ABC Dictionary, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd, page 121, 1-876429-37-2 en En-au-Brisbane.oga Australia en ɪzbən 2 for the Californian city en /ˈbɹɪzbeɪn/ Proper noun en Q34932en large city/capital city s/Queensland c/Australia. en Q917682en lgarea in s/Queensland the largest by population in c/Australia the City of Brisbane. en river that flows through the city in s/Queensland the Brisbane River. en Q917671en city co/San Mateo County s/California c/USA. Synonyms Australian city informal en Brissie, en Brizzie; jocular en Brisvegas Derived terms en Brisbane Airport Brisbane box Brisbane Grove Brisbane lily Brisbanian Brisbanite Brisneyland Brisvegas East Brisbane Port of Brisbane South Brisbane Related terms en Bonebrake breakbone Translations Capital of Queensland, Australia Arabic: ar بريزبان m brīzbān, ar بريسبان m brīsbān, ar بْرِيزْبِين m brīzbin Armenian: hy Բրիսբեն Belarusian: be Бры́сбен m Bulgarian: bg Бри́збейн m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 布里斯班 Bùlǐsībān Dutch: nl Brisbane n Finnish: fi Brisbane French: fr Brisbane mf Georgian: ka ბრიზბენი German: de Brisbane n Greek: el Μπρίσμπεϊν n, el Μπρίσμπαν n Hebrew: he בריזביין Hindi: hi ब्रिस्बेन Hungarian: hu Brisbane Japanese: ja ブリスベン Burisuben, ja ブリズベン Burizuben Korean: ko ^브리즈번 Macedonian: mk Бризбејн m Māori: mi Piripane Marathi: mr ब्रिस्बेन Mongolian: mn Брисбэн Persian: fa بریزبن Portuguese: pt Brisbane f Russian: ru Бри́сбен m Serbo-Croatian: sh Бризбејн m, sh Brisbane m Spanish: es Brisbane m Thai: th บริสเบน brìtbayn Turkish: tr Brisbane Ukrainian: uk Брі́сбен m Urdu: ur برسبین brisben Vietnamese: vi Brisbane Yagara: yxg Meanjin, yxg Meaanjin References en eponyms Portuguese Proper noun pt city/state capital s/Queensland c/Australia Brisbane Spanish es: thumb|el horizonte de Brisbane desde Kangaroo Point Proper noun m es capital s/Queensland c/Australia Brisbane Derived terms es brisbanita