Bourbon
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Food and drink
- Bourbon whiskeyBourbon whiskeyBourbon is a type of American whiskey – a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. The name of the spirit derives from its historical association with an area known as Old Bourbon, around what is now Bourbon County, Kentucky . It has been produced since the 18th century...
, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash - Bourbon biscuitBourbon biscuitThe Bourbon biscuit is a sandwich biscuit consisting of two thin oblong dark chocolate biscuits with a chocolate fondant filling.- Overview :...
, a chocolate sandwich biscuit - A beer produced by Brasseries de BourbonBrasseries de BourbonThe Brasseries de Bourbon is the only major producer of beer on Réunion Island, a French oversea department in the Indian Ocean formerly known as Bourbon Island.The group was founded in 1962...
- Bourbon coffeeBourbon coffeeBourbon coffee is a type of coffee produced from the Bourbon cultivar of the Coffea arabica species of coffee plant. Bourbon coffee was first produced in Réunion, which was known as Île Bourbon before 1789...
, a type of coffee made from a cultivar of coffea arabica - Bourbon CoffeeBourbon CoffeeBourbon Coffee is a coffeehouse chain based in Kigali, Rwanda. It has currently two coffeehouses in Kigali, the first one at Union Trade Centre in Kiyovu and the second one at the MTN centre in Nyarutarama...
, a coffeehouse chain
Places
- Bourbon, IndianaBourbon, IndianaBourbon is a town in Bourbon Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,810 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bourbon is located at ....
, United States - Bourbon, MissouriBourbon, MissouriBourbon is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,348 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
, United States - Bourbon County, KentuckyBourbon County, KentuckyBourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the remnant of what was previously a much larger Bourbon County, established as part of Virginia in 1785, and comprising what are now thirty-four modern Kentucky counties...
, United States - Bourbon StreetBourbon StreetBourbon Street is a famous and historic street that spans the length of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. When founded in 1718, the city was originally centered around the French Quarter...
, a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - Bourbon-l'ArchambaultBourbon-l'ArchambaultBourbon-l'Archambault is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.-Population:-Personalities:In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours, the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan died there at...
, Allier département, France - Bourbon-LancyBourbon-LancyBourbon-Lancy is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.It is a rural town on the Loire River with a walled medieval area on the dominant hill...
, Saône-et-Loire département, France - Bourbonne-les-BainsBourbonne-les-BainsBourbonne-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.-Spa:Bourbonne is a health resort due to hot springs. These thermal springs were known to the Gauls and to the Romans who built baths...
, Haute-Marne département, France - BourbonnaisBourbonnaisBourbonnais was a historic province in the centre of France that corresponded to the modern département of Allier, along with part of the département of Cher. Its capital was Moulins.-History:...
, an area derived from the former dukedom of Bourbon, France - Île Bourbon, former name for the Island of Réunion
Politics and history
- House of BourbonHouse of BourbonThe House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...
, French and Spanish royal dynasties - Duke of BourbonDuke of BourbonDuke of Bourbon is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of Bourbon...
, a title in the peerage of France - Bourbon ReformsBourbon ReformsThe Bourbon Reforms were a set of economic and political legislation introduced by the Spanish Crown under various kings of the House of Bourbon throughout the 18th century. The reforms were intended to stimulate manufacturing and technology in order to modernize Spain...
, a series of measures taken by the Spanish Crown - Bourbon RestorationBourbon RestorationThe Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
, the return to the French throne of the Bourbon Dynasty - Bourbon DemocratBourbon DemocratBourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States from 1876 to 1904 to refer to a member of the Democratic Party, conservative or classical liberal, especially one who supported President Grover Cleveland in 1884–1888/1892–1896 and Alton B. Parker in 1904. After 1904, the Bourbons faded away...
, from 1876 to 1904 a conservative member of the US Democratic Party
See also
- Bourbonism (disambiguation)
- Borbon (disambiguation)
- BhurbanBhurbanBhurban is a small town and a hill station in Punjab province, Pakistan. The resort town is named after a nearby forest. It is located approximately 13 kilometres from Murree city.-Government:...
, a small town and a hill station in Punjab province, Pakistan - Constable de Bourbon (disambiguation)