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    Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, [29] it has the lowest available income per household. [30] The Brussels Region covers 162 km 2 (63 sq mi) and has a population of over 1.2 million. [31]

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    From Dutch Brussel and French Bruxelles, from Proto-Germanic, composed of the words *brōk (“marsh”) + *sali (“building, room”).The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters are based in Brussels.

    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌsəlz/
    Rhymes: -ʌsəlz

    Brussels 1. The capital city of Belgium. 1.1. 1981, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Down Under”, in Business as Usual: 1.1.1. Buying bread from a man in Brussels/ He was 6'4", and full of muscle 2. (metonymically) The administrative apparatus of the European Union.

    Brussels (plural Brussels) 1. A Brussels carpet. 1.1. 1911, Dry Goods Economist, volume 65, number 3, page 51: 1.1.1. 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, […] 2. A Brussels sprout. 2.1. We cooked a big Chris...

  2. Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital city of Belgium and the European Union. In 2007, 145,917 people lived there. But the area around it, known as the Brussels-Capital Region, had 1,031,215 people (which makes it the largest city area in Belgium).

  3. Belgium (officially the Kingdom of Belgium; Dutch: Koninkrijk België, German: Königreich Belgien, French: Royaume de Belgique) is a country in Western Europe. Its capital, Brussels, is the home of many organizations including the European Union and NATO.

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  5. 6 days ago · Proper noun [ edit] Brussel n. Brussels (the capital city of Belgium; capital city of the region of Flanders in Belgium; main seat of government of the EU; former capital of the former province of Brabant) ( figuratively) any of the above legal entities decreeing from Brussels. Short for Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest .:

  6. Feb 28, 2024 · Bruxelles. (chiefly Croatia) Alternative spelling of Brìsel. Categories: Danish terms borrowed from French. Danish terms derived from French. Danish terms with IPA pronunciation. Danish lemmas. Danish proper nouns. Danish terms spelled with X.

  7. Location. Brussels-Capital Region is one of the three regions of Belgium. Its official name in the three official languages of Belgium: French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. German: Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt. It has a population of 1,222,637 [1] (1 January 2022) on an area of 162 km².

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