Bradford

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English

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Etymology

  • Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”).
  • (shaken martini): (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bradford

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. A city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire.
    2. A hamlet in Cornwall.
    3. A locality in Derbyshire.
    4. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).
    5. An area in Manchester, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8698).
    6. A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).
  2. An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. [1]
  4. A large number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
    2. A small city in White County, Arkansas.
    3. A village in Stark County, Illinois.
    4. An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
    5. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
    6. A census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
    7. An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
    8. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
    9. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    10. A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
    11. A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
    12. A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
    13. A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
    14. A town in Steuben County, New York.
    15. A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
    16. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
    17. A city and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
    18. A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
    19. A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
    20. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
    21. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
    22. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
    • 1988, K. C. Constantine, Joey's Case, →ISBN, page 132:
      "Bradford? I didn't know you called him Bradford." "That's just one more thing you don't know about me. I call him Bradford because it makes me feel like I'm in a soap opera. That's what they name men on soap operas. Bradford and Desmond and Elliott and Royce. - - -

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Noun

Bradford (plural Bradfords)

  1. A shaken martini.

References

  1. ^ NZ Topo Map
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