Bourbon
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'Bourbon most commonly refers to bourbon whiskey, or to the Royal House of Bourbon (French), Borbón Borbone (Italian) or Borbó (Catalan), which provided ruling dynasties for the French monarchy.
It can also refer to:
[edit] People
- Fortunato Borbon, former Governor of Batangas province in the Philippines
- Pedro Borbón, a former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Pedro Borbón, Jr., son of Pedro Borbón, also a former Major League Baseball pitcher
[edit] Places
[edit] In North America
- Bourbon, Indiana, United States
- Bourbon County, Kansas
- Bourbon County, Kentucky
- Bourbon, Missouri
- Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Fort Bourbon, a fort on the northern shore of the Saskatchewan River, in Canada
[edit] In France
- Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier département, France
- Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire département, France
- Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne département, France
- Bourbonnais, an area derived from the former dukedom of Bourbon, France
- Palais Bourbon, a palace in Paris
- Réunion island, known as Île Bourbon from 1642 until the French Revolution
[edit] Other
- Borbon, Cebu, a municipality in the Philippines
- Pebble Island, Falklands, known as "Isla Borbón" in Spanish
- Bhurban, a small town in Punjab, Pakistan
[edit] In politics and history
- House of Bourbon, a royal house of French and Spanish nobility
- Constable de Bourbon, a First Officer of the Crown of France
- Duke of Bourbon, a title in the peerage of France
- Bourbon Reforms, a series of measures taken by the Spanish Crown in the 18th century
- Bourbon Restoration, the return to the French throne of the Bourbon Dynasty
- Bourbon Family Compact, a series of 18th century alliances between France, Spain and the Two Sicilies
- Bourbon Democrat, a term used in the United States from 1876 to 1904 to refer to a conservative or classical liberal member of the Democratic Party
[edit] Food and drink
- Brasseries de Bourbon, a brewery
- Bourbon ball, a chocolate confection
- Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit
- Bourbon chicken, a recipe for chicken made with bourbon whiskey
- Bourbon coffee, a variety of Arabica coffee originating on Bourbon island (Réunion)
- Bourbon roses, a class of garden roses, first raised on Bourbon island
- Bourbon Corporation, a Japanese snack food manufacturer based in Kashiwazaki, Niigata
- Bourbon vanilla, a type of vanilla from various Indian Ocean islands
- Bourbon whiskey, a distilled spirit
[edit] Other
- Air Bourbon, a defunct airline
- Bourbon Crested Starling, an extinct bird from the family of Sturnidae
- USS Bourbon, a frigate in the Continental Navy named for the House of Bourbon
- "Moon Over Bourbon Street", a 1986 song by Sting
- Bourbon Street Beat, an American television show from 1959 to 1960
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