Brig (disambiguation)

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A Brig may refer to:

  • A brig, a type of sailing vessel.
  • A (chiefly US) term for a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
  • An obsolete abbreviation for a brigantine, a type of ship.

Places

  • Brig-Glis (also known simply as "Brig"), a town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Brig (district), the district in which Brig, Switzerland is located
  • Brig railway station, the important railway junction serving Brig, Switzerland.
  • Brigg, North Lincolnshire, a location in England
  • "Bridge" in some Scottish and northern English placenames, such as Brig o' Turk
  • Brig, Croatia, a village near Vižinada

Other uses

See also

  • Brig sloop
  • Hermaphrodite brig
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