brant

Meanings

1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

1. steep, precipitous.
2. smooth; unwrinkled

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saginaw County, Michigan.
4. A town in Erie County, New York.
5. An unincorporated community in the town of Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
6. A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
7. A municipality in Ontario, Canada, named Brant County or the County of Brant.
8. A river, the River Brant in Lincolnshire, England, a tributary of the River Witham.

Etymology

From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).