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brisbane
/ˈbɹɪzˌbeɪn/
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What does brisbane mean?
proper noun
- A large city, the capital city of Queensland, 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; in full, the Brisbane River.
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proper noun
- A city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɹɪzˌbeɪn/
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Before accompanying the Macquarie Island Party as Geologist and Cartographer, he obtained leave from the Geological Survey Department, Brisbane.
According to his own account, with the little money he had left he made his way to Sydney, thence to Brisbane.
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Perhaps she might as well scratch Brisbane as anybody else; for scratch she would, if she didn’t get what she wanted.