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Food and drink

  • Bourbon whiskey
    Bourbon whiskey
    Bourbon is an American whiskey, a type of distilled spirit, made primarily from corn and named for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It has been produced since the 18th century.- Legal requirements :...

    , a distilled spirit
  • Brasseries de Bourbon
    Brasseries de Bourbon
    The 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...

    , a brewery
  • Bourbon Red
    Bourbon Red
    The Bourbon Red is a breed of domestic turkey named for its unique reddish plumage and for Bourbon County, Kentucky. Mature Bourbon Red toms weigh 33 pounds , and mature hens weigh 18 pounds . Bourbon Reds slaughtered at market weight are 16 pounds in toms and 10 pounds in hens...

    , a breed of domestic turkey
  • Bourbon biscuit
    Bourbon biscuit
    The Bourbon biscuit is a sandwich biscuit consisting of two thin oblong dark chocolate biscuits with a chocolate fondant filling.- Overview :...

    , a popular chocolate sandwich biscuit
  • Bourbon chicken
    Bourbon chicken
    Bourbon chicken is a flavorful chicken dish named after Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana and for the Bourbon whiskey ingredient. The dish is commonly found at Cajun, Chinese, and American BBQ themed restaurants....

    , chicken dish marinated in Bourbon whiskey

In North America

  • Bourbon, Indiana
    Bourbon, Indiana
    Bourbon is a town in Bourbon Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,691 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bourbon is located at ....

    , United States
  • Bourbon County, Kansas
    Bourbon County, Kansas
    Bourbon County is a county located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was 15,379 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be in the year...

  • Bourbon County, Kentucky
    Bourbon County, Kentucky
    Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed as a county within Virginia in 1786. In 1792, it transferred to the newly formed State of Kentucky. As of 2007, the population was 19,839. Its county seat is Paris, Kentucky...

  • Bourbon, Missouri
    Bourbon, Missouri
    Bourbon is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,348 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bourbon is located at ....

  • Bourbon Street
    Bourbon Street
    Bourbon Street is a famous and historic street that runs the length of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. When founded in 1718, the city was originally centered around the French Quarter...

     in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Fort Bourbon
    Fort Bourbon
    Fort Bourbon was one of the important northern forts that La Verendrye had built during his long tenure as commandant of the western forts. This was during the earliest exploration of the northwest and, besides trade, there was a strong desire to explore potential routes to the western sea.An...

    , a fort on the northern shore of the Saskatchewan River, in Canada

In France

  • Bourbon-l'Archambault
    Bourbon-l'Archambault
    Bourbon-l'Archambault is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.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 the age of seven.Over three...

    , Allier département, France
  • Bourbon-Lancy
    Bourbon-Lancy
    Bourbon-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-Bains
    Bourbonne-les-Bains
    Bourbonne-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
  • Bourbonnais
    Bourbonnais
    Bourbonnais 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
  • Palais Bourbon
    Palais Bourbon
    The Palais Bourbon, a palace located on the left bank of the Seine, across from the Place de la Concorde, Paris , is the seat of the French National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French government.-History:...

    , a palace in Paris
  • Réunion
    Réunion
    Réunion is an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas départements of France...

    , an island east of Madagascar, known as Île Bourbon from 1642 until the French Revolution

In politics and history

  • House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon
    The House of Bourbon is an important 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...

    , a royal house of French and Spanish nobility
  • Constable de Bourbon
    Constable de Bourbon
    The term Constable de Bourbon might refer to any of the following Constables of France:*Jacques de Bourbon, Count of La Marche, constable 1354–1356, killed at the Battle of Brignais*Jean II de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, constable 1483...

    , a First Officer of the Crown of France
  • Duke of Bourbon
    Duke of Bourbon
    Duke 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 Reforms
    Bourbon Reforms
    The 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 in the 18th century
    18th century
    The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini/Common Era numbering system.However, Western historians sometimes specifically define the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work...

  • Bourbon Restoration
    Bourbon Restoration
    The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the restored Bourbon Kingdom of France which existed from 1814 until the July Revolution of 1830, with the interval of the "Hundred Days" from Napoleon Bonaparte's return from Elba to the Battle of Waterloo in 1814–15. The regime was a constitutional...

    , 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
    Bourbon Democrat
    Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States from 1876 to 1904 to refer to a conservative or classical liberal member of the Democratic Party, especially one who supported President Grover Cleveland in 1884–1896 and Alton B. Parker in 1904. After 1904, the Bourbons faded away...

     a conservative faction within the US Democratic Party

Other

  • Air Bourbon
    Air Bourbon
    Air Bourbon was a scheduled airline based in St Denis in Réunion. It ceased operations in 2004.- History :The airline was created in November 2002 and started services from France to Réunion on 7 June 2003. Recapitalisation of the airline was announced in January 2004, but in December 2004 the...

    , a defunct airline
  • USS Bourbon, a frigate in the Continental Navy named for the House of Bourbon

See also

  • Bourbonism
  • Borbon
    Borbon
    Borbon or Borbón may refer to:*Borbon, Cebu, a municipality in the Philippines*Pebble Island, Falklands, known as "Isla Borbón" in Spanish*Juan Carlos I of Spain, the current King...

  • Bhurban
    Bhurban
    Bhurban is a small town and a hill station in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located approximately 13 kilometres from Murree city.- History :Although the resort is known as Bhurban, Bhurban is in fact a name taken from a nearby forest.- Management :...

    , a small town in Punjab, Pakistan