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/

• Audio (UK):

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

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.
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. - - -

Derived terms

• Bradford Abbas
• Bradford County
• Bradford Hill criteria
• Bradfordian
• Bradford-on-Avon
• Bradford-on-Tone
• Bradford pear
• Bradford Peverell
• Bradford West Gwillimbury

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)
• Marathi: ब्रॅडफर्ड (brĕḍpharḍa)
• Russian: Брэ́дфорд m (Brɛ́dford)
• Urdu: بْرَیڈْفورڈ m (braiḍforḍ)

Noun

Bradford (plural Bradfords)

1. A shaken martini.