Bourbon
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Bourbon (from French) or Borbón (from Spanish) can refer to:
Groups of People
- House of Bourbon, the well-known royal house "Bourbon"/"Borbón" of French and Spanish nobility, including French monarchs from Henry IV to Charles X (to Louis-Philippe counting the Bourbon-Orleans branch) and Spanish monarchs from Philip V to the present Juan Carlos I
- Duke of Bourbon, a title in the peerage of France.
- Bourbon Democrats
Individuals
Places:
- Borbon, Cebu - a municipality in the Philippines
- Bourbon, Indiana, USA
- Bourbon, Missouri, USA
- Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
- Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier département, France
- Bourbonnais, an area derived from the former dukedom of Bourbon, France
- Réunion island, known as Île Bourbon from 1642 until the French Revolution
- Pebble Island, Falklands, known as "Isla Bourbon" in Spanish.
Food and drink:
- Bourbon biscuits
- Bourbon whiskey, an alcoholic drink
- Bourbon coffee, a variety of Arabica coffee originating on Bourbon island (Réunion)
- Bourbon vanilla, vanilla coming from Indian Ocean islands such as Madagascar, Comoros, and Réunion
- Bourbon roses, a class of old garden roses first raised on Bourbon island
- Bourbon Corp, a Japanese snack food manufacturer