English Explanatory Dictionary

New Brunswick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Fredericton.
  2. An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

Pronunciation

/njuː ˈbɹʌnz.wɪk/ /nju ˈbɹʌnz.wɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-New Brunswick.wav

Word forms

New Brunswick

Etymology

From new + Brunswick (“Braunschweig”), after the German duchy, the ancestral home of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820).

Related words

Brunswick East Brunswick North Brunswick Old Brunswick South Brunswick West Brunswick

Derived words

New Brunswicker NB N.B. N. B.
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