Associations to the word «Brisbane»

Wiktionary

BRISBANE, proper noun. Large city and State capital of Queensland (Australia).

Dictionary definition

BRISBANE, noun. Capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats