'Brussels' definitions:
Definition of 'Brussels'
(from WordNet)
noun
The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [syn: Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgian capital, capital of Belgium]
Definition of 'Brussels'
From: GCIDE
- Brussels \Brussels\ prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Belgium. Population (2000) = 949,070 (metro). It has given its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. [PJC]
- Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern.
- Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads.
- Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.
- Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery.
- Brussels point. See Point lace.
- Brussels sprouts (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family, which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small green heads, or "sprouts," each a cabbage in miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage.
- Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched. [1913 Webster]
Brussels, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Brussels, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000) :
141
Housing Units (2000) :
70
Land area (2000) :
0.606699 sq. miles (1.571344 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.606699 sq. miles (1.571344 sq. km)
FIPS code :
09148
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
38.947275 N, 90.588630 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.