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Dutch
Etymology
From Brussels (“Brussels”, adjective) + hoofdstedelijk (“capital”, adjective) + gewest (“administrative region”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrʏsəls ˌɦoːf(t)ˈsteːdələk ɣəˈʋɛst/
Proper noun
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest n
- the bilingual central, bilingual region (i.e. constitutive member territory) of federal Belgium, comprising only the 19 municipalities of the capital metropolis Brussels; its constitutional status differs in several points from that of the far larger and more populous regions Flanders (northern, Dutch-speaking; Brussels is an enclave in it) and Wallonia (southern; Francophone, with a small German-speaking minority component)
- Meronyms: Anderlecht, Brussel, Elsene, Etterbeek, Evere, Ganshoren, Jette, Koekelberg, Oudergem, Schaarbeek, Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Sint-Gillis, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Sint-Joost-ten-Node, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Ukkel, Vorst, Watermaal-Bosvoorde