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English
Etymology
From Welsh bangor (“wattle”),[1] from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bangor
- A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872). [2]
- The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.
- A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
- Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa.
- A city, the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine.
2021, Brandon Taylor, “Meat”, in Filthy Animals, Daunt Books Originals, page 243:‘Where are you from?’ Lionel asked, and then, because the question seemd too personal […] he said, ‘Not that you have to tell me.’
‘Bangor,’ Charles said. ‘Maine.’
‘What’s it like there?’
‘Cold. Wet. Empty,’ he said. ‘It’s kind of a bleak place.’
- A township and city therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
- A township in Bay County, Michigan
- A town in Franklin County, New York.
- A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
- A village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, partially within the town above.
- Other townships in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
- A community of Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
- A rural locality in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.
- A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.
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Welsh
Etymology
From Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bangor f
- Bangor
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.