Brienne
English
Proper noun
Brienne
- A placename
- The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.
- Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals.
- 2011, Frank McLynn, Napoleon: A Biography, →ISBN:
- Napoleon arrived in Brienne on 15 May 1779.
- The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
- The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.
- (obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”)
- (rare) A female given name, in occasional modern use.
- 2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes
- 2000, George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 16:
- "You will call me Brienne. Not wench."
French
Proper noun
Brienne ?
- a placename
- the commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
- the commune of Brienne-le-Château, in l'Aube, France; which includes the Brienne Military Academy
- the commune of Brienne-sur-Aisne, in Ardennes, France
- the commune of Brienne-la-Vieille, in l'Aube, France
- a surname, an elliptical variant of de Brienne
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