Brandenburg

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brandenburg \Bran"den*burg\, n. [So named after Brandenburg, a
     province and a town of Prussia.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs.
                                                    --Smollett.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Brandenburg
       n : the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that
           expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Brandenburg, KY (city, FIPS 9226)
    Location: 37.99685 N, 86.18041 W
    Population (1990): 1857 (790 housing units)
    Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 40108

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Brandenburg, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    2049
     Housing Units (2000): 917
     Land area (2000):     3.955522 sq. miles (10.244754 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.002428 sq. miles (0.006289 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.957950 sq. miles (10.251043 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            09226
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             37.992664 N, 86.174657 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     40108
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Brandenburg, KY
      Brandenburg