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  Brabantian - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Brabantian or Brabantic is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Noord-Brabant and in the Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Vlaams-Brabant.
In the Northwest of Brabant (Willemstad) Hollandic is spoken.
Brabantian is however little spoken in Brussels - French having largely replaced Dutch in the middle of the 20th century - despite the fact that there are many cultural activities in Brussels using the dialect and that Brabantian enjoys a high status in Brussels.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Brabantic   (256 words)

  
 Dutch language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Brabantian dialect group, for instance, also extends to much of the south of the Netherlands, and so does Limburgish.
Limburgish (Limburg (Netherlands)) and Brabantian (Noord-Brabant) fade into the dialects spoken in the adjoining provinces of Belgium.
Zealandic of most of Zeeland is a transitional regional language between West Flemish and Hollandic, with the exception of the eastern part of Zealandic Flanders where East Flemish is spoken.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Dutch_language   (3456 words)

  
 Lohengrin (Wagner) - Synopsis
The Brabantian hosts are gathering, and he is expected to lead them to battle, but owing to Elsa’s question he is now obliged to disclose who he is and to take his depature.
In this scene occurs one of the significant themes of the opera, the MOTIVE OF WARNING -- for it is Elsa’s disregard of it and the breaking of her promise that brings her happiness to an end.
There the King, the nobles, and the Brabantians, whom he was to lead, are awaiting him to take command, and as their leader they hail him when he appears.
www.music-with-ease.com /lohengrin-synopsis.html   (6160 words)

  
 Visit Lentbury
Together with Washings and Vuyk the Brabantian Confederation is founded in 1957.
In 1962 the Brabantian and Liparian Cantons founded the Astrian Confederation.
The Confederation has an association agreement with the European Union since 1992 and is an integral part of the European Monetary Union.
www.freewebs.com /visitlentbury/overview.htm   (505 words)

  
 Provincie Vlaams-Brabant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
As is the case with many university buildings, this library is open to the public by appointment with the KUL communication department (Catholic University of Leuven): +32 (0)16-32 40 10
The 15th century Leuven town hall, built by the architect Mattheüs de Layens, is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in Europe and is a masterpiece of Brabantian high technology.
Peter’s Church is a masterpiece of Brabantian gothic, inspired by the large classical gothic cathedrals of the 13th century.
www.vlaamsbrabant.be /vlbrEn/leuven/intrest/intrestHome.jsp?page=577   (475 words)

  
 's-Hertogenbosch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This spacious museum is influenced by a century of painted art from three generations of the Bosschian Slager Family.
The Brabantian Provinciehuis (regional government house), designed by Hugh Maaskant, harbours an international collection of art, including wall coverings by Magdalena Abakanowicz and Sheila Hicks.
Visit the Noordbrabants Museum, where a glorious collection of North Brabantian art, culture and history can be seen.
www.vvvs-hertogenbosch.nl /vvvdb/engels.html   (1890 words)

  
 The Mark Discordia Singles Tournament
Rebuffed by Rosalind Connage and crushed by the deaths of Monsignor Darcy and  Beatrice, Amory Blaine proclaims "I know myself, but that is all." FTP, name this novel based on the Princeton experiences of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Named for a phrase in the Brabantian law invoked as justification, this war’s roots were a dowry agreement which provided for money instead of land to accompany the marriage of Marie Thérèse of Spain.
When neither land nor money was transferred, and Phillip IV of Spain died, Louis XIV nullified the agreement and invaded the Netherlands.
quizbowl.stanford.edu /archive/discord01/DP4.htm   (1433 words)

  
 Brabantion Gothic Gothic GHENT architecture picture
The ambulatory and the radial chapels were built in the first half of the 15th century.
It is 82 meters high, and is a typical example of Brabantian gothic.
Like the supporting towers on the corners, it has 8 corners.
www.belgiumview.com /belgiumview/tl3/view0001394.php4   (409 words)

  
 Chapter I, page 4
Many times did he prove it to be of some value.
In Midsummer Term, 1548, he entered as a student at the University of Louvain, which had been founded more than a hundred years before in this quaint old Brabantian town of mediaeval ramparts and textile industries.
At Louvain, Dee continued his studies for two years, and here he soon acquired a reputation for learning quite beyond his years.
www.johndee.org /charlotte/Chapter1/1p4.html   (397 words)

  
 Articles - Guy Verhofstadt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Because of his economic views and his young age, he became known as "Baby Thatcher".
Another nickname from that era is "da joenk", a Brabantian dialect expression meaning "that kid" (in a pejorative sense, referring to his rather iconoclastic and immature style).
After being ousted from government he became leader of the opposition.
www.mafox.com /articles/Guy_Verhofstadt   (692 words)

  
 Unasylva - No. 155 - Urban forestry: Cities, trees and people - Thirteen city profiles
However, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, the ducal forest domain had been devastated by illegal cutting and successive hordes of occupying soldiers.
Over the next century, Brabantian foresters were instructed to under-take a massive plantation programme, and by 1830 the forest was restored to its present fine condition.
The Belgians' desire to conserve their forestry heritage found formal expression in 1822 with the founding of the Society for the Promotion of National Industry, which was charged with managing 40000 ha of forests, including the Soignes Forest.
www.fao.org /docrep/s1930E/s1930e03.htm   (5718 words)

  
 European Pool Championships 2005 - April 20-30, Veldhoven, The Netherlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The hotel is well accessible both by own transport as well as by public transport.
Be prepared to experience the Brabantian hospitality when you arrive and your host(-ess) shows you around this impressive 4-star hotel.
The 120 multi functional training and meeting rooms, large conference halls and exhibition areas, offer you all the space needed.
www.europeanpoolchampionships.com /venueinfo.asp   (347 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The hotel is easily accessible by both private transport and public transport.
Look forward to experiencing real Brabantian hospitality when you arrive and your host or hostess shows you around this impressive 4-star hotel.
The 120 multifunctional training and meeting rooms, large conference halls and exhibition areas offer you all the space you will need.
www.tilburg2005.org /hotel-en.html   (429 words)

  
 Royal Belgian Institute and Museum of Natural Sciences
The lower Paleozoic comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian {international stratigraphic chart, pdf file}.
These were deformed and metamorphosed during the Brabantian Deformation Phase, which possibly lasted from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian.
As such the Brabant Massif forms a distinct and compact unit.
www.naturalsciences.be /geology/research/carto/brabant/txtdet   (601 words)

  
 Late gothic Brabantion Gothic Our Ladies Cathedral ANTWERP architecture picture
Click on the small pictures to see them bigger, click on the bigger picture for a maxi version
This cathedral is an exemple of Brabantian gothic from the late gothic.
In fact, is was built around a romanesque church dating from 1124.
www.belgiumview.com /belgiumview/tl3/view0000001.php4   (607 words)

  
 E.W. Dijkstra Archive: Trip report E.W. Dijkstra, Europe, 13.12.1985 - 10.1.1986 (EWD 951)
They too still had their original price tags and were even cheaper; on top of that they even got fl.
So much for the stationery shops in little Brabantian villages.
The last Monday, Netty and I flew to England to give a workshop for BP.
www.cs.utexas.edu /~EWD/transcriptions/EWD09xx/EWD951.html   (1380 words)

  
 Last Kiss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
One and a half cycles ago, on the Command Carrier Brabantian.
One point two cycles ago, aboard the Brabantian.
As he had told her once before, they had dealt with each day as it arrived and tried not to worry about the future.
www.jedikatie.com /contest_lastkiss.html   (2174 words)

  
 Napoleon's Battles Historical Miniatures Game: Battle Reports
For once, Reille hesitated and the French now had the problem of how to get their remaining infantry brigades to the front.
Before Ney could make any more charges, darkness fell over the Brabantian countryside.
All fighting ended with the Allies in control of the strategic road-crossing.
theminiaturespage.com /rules/nap/nbatlbtl.html   (1013 words)

  
 Christina Mirabilis
Lutgard's biography, the Vita Piae Lutgardiâ was written by the Dominican Thomas of Cantimpre, who also wrote the Vitae of Christina the Astonishing and of Margaret of Ypres, and added to Jacques of Vitry's Vita of Marie d'Oignies.
Thomas's Vita Lutgardis was most famously translated into the Brabantian dialect by the Benedictine William of Affligem.
Click on the thumbnail above to see three pages from Affligem's Vita.
cns-web.bu.edu /~satra/kaatvds/lutgard.htm   (479 words)

  
 KyokushinToday - Current Active Topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Integral Self Defense System for Professionals finally released to the public
Con Voermans [karatedosan] presents, 8th brabantian Open Championship
Sensei Peter Meerburg - R.I.P. Guy fighting for a fl belt gets his ass kicked
www.kyokushintoday.nl /modules.php?name=Topics   (138 words)

  
 Nightmare At The NightCrawler's by Kyer en Ysh
Can whatever it is wait until tommorrow night?"
[Old Brabantian sayings best left to the imagination] {{Well, that just tears it, doesn't it!
The situations you allow yourelf to get into.
lavender.fortunecity.com /evildead/879/fkficknan.html   (483 words)

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