Brussels

Meanings

Proper Noun

• capital city Belgium (country).
• The administrative apparatus of the European Union.

Noun

• A Brussels carpet.

Origin

• From Dutch Brussel and French Bruxelles, from Proto-Germanic, composed of the words *brōk + *sali.
• Maurits Gysseling, Toponymisch Woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland (vóór 1226), 1960, p. 198 - 199 The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters are based in Brussels.