Brabantian

English Etymology From en Brabant -ian. Adjective - Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people. The Brabantian Calvinists emigrated en masse to Holland after the Sack of Antwerp in the 1580s. en Brabantine Of or pertaining to the Brabantian dialect. en That is a Brabantian accent, not a Limburgish one! Translations pertaining to Brabant Catalan: ca brabantí, ca brabançó Dutch: nl Brabants Esperanto: eo brabanta Finnish: fi brabantilainen French: fr brabançon Polish: pl brabancki Portuguese: pt brabantino, pt brabanção, pt brabante Swedish: sv brabantisk Proper noun The Dutch dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (the Netherlands), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces (Belgium). en Brabantish Brabantic en He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and Belgian Standard Dutch in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers in the playground, a classic example of diglossia. Noun A person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant (especially if Brabantian-speaking). en The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, i.e. the Dutch. Usage notes Nowadays the demonym mostly applies to people from the eponymous provinces. Translations Brabantian person Catalan: ca brabançó m, ca brabançona f Dutch: nl Brabander Esperanto: eo brabantano French: fr Brabançon m, fr Brabançonne f Polish: pl Brabantczyk m-pr, pl Brabantka f Portuguese: pt brabantino m en Belgium Demonyms Dialects