Brisbane

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic bris (“break, smash”) + Old English bān (“bone”), a nickname given to someone who was often involved in fights, resulting in the breaking of bones. The city and river in Australia are named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1773–1860; governor of New South Wales (which at the time included the area of modern Queensland) from 1821 to 1825.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪzbən/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪzbən
• (American city in California) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪzbeɪn/

Proper noun

Brisbane

1. A large city, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
2. The City of Brisbane, a local government area in Queensland, the largest by population in Australia.
3. The Brisbane River, a river that flows through the city in Queensland.
4. A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.

Synonyms

• (Australian city, informal): Brissie, Brizzie; (jocular) Brisvegas

Derived terms

• South Brisbane

Translations

Capital of Queensland, Australia

• Arabic: بريزبان m (brīzbān), بريسبان m (brīsbān), بْرِيزْبِين m (brīzbin)
• Armenian: Բրիսբեն (hy) (Brisben)
• Belarusian: Бры́сбен m (Brýsbjen)
• Bulgarian: Бри́збейн m (Brízbejn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布里斯班 (zh) (Bùlǐsībān)

• Dutch: Brisbane (nl) n
• Finnish: Brisbane (fi)
• French: Brisbane (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ბრიზბენი (brizbeni)
• German: Brisbane (de) n
• Greek: Μπρίσμπεϊν (el) n (Brísmpeïn), Μπρίσμπαν n (Brísmpan)
• Hebrew: בריזביין
• Hindi: ब्रिस्बेन (brisben)
• Hungarian: Brisbane (hu)
• Japanese: ブリスベン (Burisuben), ブリズベン (Burizuben)
• Korean: 브리즈번 (Beurijeubeon)
• Macedonian: Бризбејн m (Brizbejn)
• Maori: Piripane
• Marathi: ब्रिस्बेन (brisben)
• Mongolian: Брисбэн (Brisben)
• Persian: بریزبن
• Portuguese: Brisbane f
• Russian: Бри́сбен (ru) m (Brísben)
• Serbo-Croatian: Бризбејн m, Brisbane (sh) m
• Spanish: Brisbane (es) m
• Thai: บริสเบน (brìtbayn)
• Turkish: Brisbane
• Ukrainian: Брі́сбен m (Brísben)
• Urdu: برسبین (brisben)
• Vietnamese: Brisbane
• Yagara: Meanjin, Meaanjin

Portuguese

Proper noun

Brisbane

1. Brisbane (a city, the state capital of Queensland, Australia)

Spanish

el horizonte de Brisbane desde Kangaroo Point

Proper noun

Brisbane m

1. Brisbane (the capital of Queensland, Australia)

Derived terms

• brisbanita