Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to:
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 Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region Brussels-Capital Region 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 was 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 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, 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 ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy Brabant Company, precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Brabant (train), a Paris-Brussels express train 1963–1995 Brabant (cruise ship), operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines