BR
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BR or Br may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- BR postcode area, a group of eight postal districts in southeast London.
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Brazil (BR), according to:
- Its two-letter country code defined in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.
- The prefix for Brazil's ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes.
- FIPS 10-4, used by the U.S. Government for geographical data processing in many publications.
- The Province of Brindisi, according to Italy's ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes.
- Brown County, Kansas, according to its Kansas state county code, which is used on the state's license plates.
[edit] Business and organizations
- As an abbreviation for Best Regards. Used in online signatures such as email.
- BR, the symbol used by Petrobras Distribuidora, the fuel retail division of Petrobras.
- Banana Republic (clothing stores), a chain of clothing stores.
- Baskin-Robbins, a restaurant known for its ice cream.
- Bernstein-Rein, the ad agency best known for inventing the Happy Meal.
- British Rail (British Railways), the nationalised railway system of the United Kingdom from 1948 until 1994.
- Bangladesh Rail (Bangladesh Railways), the railway system of the Bangladesh
- Burlington Resources, a company purchased by ConocoPhillips in 2006.
- The IATA code for EVA Air, a Taiwanese airline.
- Brigate Rosse, an Italian leftist terrorist group mainly active in the seventies and early eighties.
[edit] Science
- Brassinosteroid a group of steroidal plant hormones.
- Bromine (Br), chemical element with atomic number 35.
- 1,3-Butadiene, a type of rubber.[1]
[edit] Computing
- .br, country code top-level domain for Brazil.
- Newline element in:
- Bombing Run, an Unreal Tournament gametype introduced in Unreal Tournament 2003.
[edit] Music and media
- Bad Religion, an American punk-rock band.
- Battle Royale, a Japanese book, movie and manga.
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting), a regional broadcasting service in Germany.
- Bohemian Rhapsody, a single by the british band Queen.
[edit] Other uses
- br, Breton language in ISO 639-1 language code.
- Bankruptcy (B/R in legal shorthand) or representing a debtor who has filed bankruptcy.
- Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse), an Italian militant leftist group.
- Bathroom in Internet slang.
- Battle Rifle in Halo 3 & Halo 2.
- Brother, in a religious community
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Open University (UK), 2000. T838 Design and Manufacture with Polymers: Introduction to Polymers, page 9. Milton Keynes: The Open University.
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