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Northern vs Brabantian - What's the difference?

northern | brabantian |

As adjectives the difference between northern and brabantian

is that northern is of, facing, situated in, or related to the north while brabantian is of or pertaining to the brabantian language.

As a proper noun brabantian is

the language/dialect mainly spoken in north brabant (holland), antwerp and flemish brabant provinces, (belgium).

As a noun brabantian is

a person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp if brabantian-spoken) of brabant.

northern

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}
  • (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
  • (British) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised) .

    • Synonyms

    * boreal * septentrional

    Antonyms

    * southern * austral * meridional

    See also

    * eastern * western * oriental * occidental English adjectives ending in -en

    brabantian

    English

    (wikipedia Brabantian)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the Brabantian language.
    • That is a Brabantian accent, and ''not'' a Limburgish one!
  • Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.
    • The Brabantian calvinists emigrated ''en masse'' to Holland after the ''Sack of Antwerp'' in the 1580s.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language/dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (Holland), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces, (Belgium).
    • He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and the standard language in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers at the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp. if Brabantian-spoken) of Brabant.
    • The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, the Dutch.

    Usage notes

    * The name of the language, Brabantian , when it means "the Brabantian language", does not assume an article. * Nowadays the demonym mostly applies to people from the eponymous provinces.