Bangor

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Bangor

1. A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
   1. The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.
2. A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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 unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
      2. A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
      3. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa.
      4. 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.’

      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
• Capel Bangor

Translations

city in Wales

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

town in Northern Ireland

• Irish: Beannchar

Anagrams

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

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.