Brussels

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈbɹʌsəlz/

Proper noun

1. A capital city in Belgium.
2. (metonym) The administrative apparatus of the European Union.

Translations

• French: Bruxelles
• German: Brüssel
• Italian: Bruxelles
• Portuguese: Bruxelas
• Russian: Брюссе́ль
• Spanish: Bruselas

Noun

Brussels (plural Brussels)

1. A Brussels carpet.
   • 1911, Dry Goods Economist (volume 65, issue 3, page 51)

     If the same design be produced in a Brussels and in a Tapestry it will be found that the Brussels shows sharp, clean-cut outlines, where the Tapestry gives ragged, uneven effects, […]

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