Bradford

English

Etymology

Various place names in England, from Old English brād "broad" + ford "ford".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹædfəɹd/, /ˈbɹadfəɹd/

• Audio (UK):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹædfɚd/

Proper noun

Bradford

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

Translations

town in West Yorkshire

• Arabic: بْرَادْفُورْد m (bradfurd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布拉德福德 (Bùlādéfúdé)

• Greek: Μπράντφορντ m (Brántfornt)
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• Japanese: ブラッドフォード (Buraddofōdo)
• Korean: 브래드포드 (Beuraedeupodeu)
• Macedonian: Брадфорд m (Bradford)
• Russian: Брэ́дфорд m (Brɛ́dford)