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Brussel.

Brussels (the capital city of Belgium)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbrʏ.səl/
  1. Brussels (the capital city of Belgium)

    neuter
  2. any of the above legal entities decreeing from Brussels

    figuratively · neuter
  3. short for Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: Brussels-Capital Region (the smallest of Belgium's three federative regions)

    abbreviation · alt-of · neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *brōk Old Dutch *bruoc Old Dutch *sali Dutch Brussel From *bruoc (“marsh”) + *sali (“dwelling”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sali).

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