the capital of the duchy of Brunswick, in the circle of Lower Saxony, in Germany, situated on the river Ocker, about 35 miles east of Hanover: E. lon. 10° 30', and N. lat. 52° 30'.

The elector of Hanover is styled duke of Brunswick, though he has no property in, or dominion over, the city of that name, which belongs to the duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttle.

BURNTISLAND, a parliament-town on the coast of Fife, in Scotland, about ten miles north-west of Edinburgh; W. long. 3°, and N. lat. 56° 12'.