Bangor

Bangor

English

Etymology

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”),[1], from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Bangor

1. A city in Gwynedd, Wales.
2. A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was granted city status in May 2022.
3. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporatedcommunity in Blount County, Alabama.
      2. A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
      3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Marshall County, Iowa.
      4. A city, the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine.
      5. A township and city therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
      6. A township in Bay County, Michigan
      7. A town in Franklin County, New York.
      8. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
      9. A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
      10. A village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, partially within the town above.
      11. Other townships in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
   2. A community in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   3. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan, Canada.
   4. A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
   5. A rural locality in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.
4. A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

Derived terms

• Bangor-on-Dee

Translations

city in Wales

Russian: Бангор (ru) (Bangor) Turkish: Bangor Welsh: Bangor

town in Northern Ireland

Irish: Beannchar

References

1. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.

Anagrams

• Bagnor, Bognar, Brogan, barong, brag on, brogan

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋɡɔr/

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Proper noun

Bangor f

1. Bangor

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Bangor	Fangor	Mangor	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.