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{{wikt|brabant|Brabant}} '''Brabant''' is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the [[Low Countries]] of Europe. It may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Place names in Europe== ===Belgium=== * [[Province of Brabant]], which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region: ** [[Flemish Brabant]], in the Flanders region; the Dutch speaking part of the former Brabant province. ** [[Walloon Brabant]], in the Wallonia region; the French speaking part of the former Brabant province. ** [[Brussels-Capital Region]], bilingual between French and Dutch. * [[Klein-Brabant]], the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region * East Brabant, or [[Hageland]], an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen ===Netherlands=== * [[North Brabant]] province ===France=== * [[Brabant-en-Argonne]], commune in the Meuse department * [[Brabant-le-Roi]], commune in the Meuse department ** Brabant-lès-Villers (1973–1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and [[Villers-aux-Vents]] ===Geology=== * [[London-Brabant Massif]], a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany ==Historical use== * [[Pagus of Brabant]], the original, early medieval territory, divided between several counts, core of the later Landgraviate * [[Landgraviate of Brabant]] (1085–1183), an expansive medieval lordship including Brussels, core of the later Duchy * [[Duchy of Brabant]], a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1183 until the French Revolution, by which time the northern half had been lost to the Dutch Republic * [[Staats-Brabant]], a territory of the Dutch Republic directly governed by the States-General from 1588 until the French Revolution * [[Batavian Republic|Département of Brabant]], a département under various forms of French control, formed from an earlier French Département of the Dommel, and predecessor of modern North Brabant. * [[Province of Brabant]] (called South Brabant, 1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, based on earlier French département of the Dyle, became part of Belgium in 1830, now divided into three parts (see above) ==Royalty and nobility== * House of Brabant descended from the [[Reginarid]] family of Lotharingia * [[Duke of Brabant]], a dynastic title of the modern Belgian royal family ==Place names outside Europe== * [[Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan]], Canada * [[Port Brabant]], former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada * [[Brabant, West Virginia]], United States * [[Le Morne Brabant]], a mountain on Mauritius * [[Brabant Island]], Antarctica ==Other uses== * Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the [[Belgian Draught]], a Belgian breed of horse * [[Brabantian dialect]], a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language * [[Brabançonne]] (or "the Brabantian"), the national anthem of Belgium * [[Brabant killers]], a 1980s terrorist group * [[HNLMS Noord-Brabant|HNLMS ''Noord-Brabant'']] ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy * [[Brabant Company]], precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) * [[Brabant (train)|''Brabant'' (train)]], a Paris-Brussels express train 1963–1995 * [[Brabant (cruise ship)|''Brabant'' (cruise ship)]], operated by [[Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines]] {{disambiguation|geo|ship}}
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