Bradford

Bradford

English

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹædfəɹd/, /ˈbɹadfəɹd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹædfɚd/

Proper noun

Bradford

1. A city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
2. An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
3. A hamlet in Cornwall, England.
4. A locality in Derbyshire, England.
5. A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4207).
6. An area in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8698).
7. A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1532).
8. A suburb of the city of Dunedin, Kaikorai Valley, New Zealand.
9. A large number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in Jefferson County, Alabama.
   2. A small city in White County, Arkansas.
   3. A village in Stark County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Bracken County, Kentucky.
   9. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   10. A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
   11. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
   12. A town in Steuben County, New York.
   13. A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
   14. A city in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
   15. A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
   16. A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
   17. An unincorporatedcommunity in Anderson County, Texas.
   18. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
   19. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
10. A habitational surname from Old English.
11. 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. - - -

Derived terms

• Bradford County
• Bradfordian
• Bradford-on-Avon
• Bradford-on-Tone
• Bradford Peverell

Translations

town in West Yorkshire

Arabic: بْرَادْفُورْد‎ m (bradfurd) Chinese: Mandarin: 布拉德福德 (Bùlādéfúdé) Greek: Μπράντφορντ (el) m (Brántfornt) Japanese: ブラッドフォード (Buraddofōdo) Korean: 브래드포드 (Beuraedeupodeu) Macedonian: Брадфорд m (Bradford) Russian: Брэ́дфорд m (Brɛ́dford) Urdu: بْرَیڈْفورڈ‎ m (braiḍforḍ)

Noun

Bradford (plural Bradfords)

1. A shaken martini.