Brisbane
nameEtymology
From Scottish Gaelic bris (“break, smash”) + Old English bān (“bone”), a nickname given to someone who was often involved in fights, resulting in the breaking of bones. The city and river in Australia are named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, 1773–1860; governor of New South Wales (which at the time included the area of modern Queensland) from 1821 to 1825.
Definitions
A large city, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
A local government area in Queensland, the largest by population in Australia
A local government area in Queensland, the largest by population in Australia; in full, the City of Brisbane.
A river that flows through the city in Queensland
A river that flows through the city in Queensland; in full, the Brisbane River.
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A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at Brisbane. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at brisbane. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at brisbane
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA