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Bristol
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bristol
English
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Alternative forms
en Bristole Brigstow Bristou Bristow all _ obsolete 15px Bristol (England) in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
en Brizzle informal
Etymology
en enm Bristowe, from en ang Bryċġstōw the place by the bridge, from ang bryċġ stōw 1, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See en bridge and en stow for more.
The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹɪstəl/ RP,GenAm
en En-uk-Bristol.ogg UK
en ɪstəl 2
Proper noun
en Q23154 en city/ceremonial county/and/unitary authority in southwest cc/England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn. City of Bristol, England
Several places in Canada:
en former village co/Carleton County p/New Brunswick c/Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
en municipality r:suf/Ouataouais p/Quebec c/Canada.
en community mun:suf/Region of Queens p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en populated place p:Suf/Limón c/Costa Rica.
en populated place co:Suf/Cornwall c/Jamaica.
en populated place dept/Loreto c/Peru.
Several places in the United States:
en ucomm co/Prowers County s/Colorado.
en suburban city co/Hartford County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Bristol, Connecticut
en small city/county seat co/Liberty County s/Florida.
en ucomm co/Pierce County s/Georgia.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Kendall County s/Illinois.
en town twp:Suf/Washington co/Elkhart County s/Indiana.
en town co/Lincoln County s/Maine. TopoZone: Bristol, Maine
en ucomm co/Anne Arundel County s/Maryland.
en ghost town co/Lake County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Fillmore County s/Minnesota.
en community city:pref/Independence co/Jackson County s/Missouri.
en town/and/CDP therein. in co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Bristol, New Hampshire
en town co/Ontario County s/New York.
en twp co/Morgan County s/Ohio.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Pike co/Perry County s/Ohio.
en borough/and/twp co/Bucks County s/Pennsylvania.
en town co/Bristol County s/Rhode Island, and the traditional county seat. TopoZone: Bristol, Rhode Island
en tiny city co/Day County s/South Dakota.
en city co/Sullivan County s/Tennessee.
en CDP co/Ellis County s/Texas.
en town co/Addison County s/Vermont. TopoZone: Bristol, Vermont
en independent city s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Kittitas County s/Washington.
en ucomm co/Harrison County s/West Virginia.
en town co/Dane County s/Wisconsin.
en former town co/Kenosha County s/Wisconsin, disestablished in 2010; most of the town became the village of Bristol, while the remainder was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.
en village co/Kenosha County s/Wisconsin.
en Old English.
Derived terms
en Bristol Bay Bristol blue glass Bristol board Bristol brick Bristol Channel Bristol County Bristol diamond Bristol fashion and shipshape,shipshape and Bristol fashion Bristol glaze Bristolian Bristol onion Bristol paper Bristol pound Bristol rockcress Bristol sound Bristol stool chart Bristol Township Bristol whitebeam South Bristol
Descendants
la bristoliensis 1 1
Translations
city in south-west England
Amharic: am ብሪስቶል
Arabic: ar بْرِسْتُول or ar بْرِيسْتُول
Armenian: hy Բրիստոլ
Bengali: bn ব্রিস্টোল
Bulgarian: bg Брѝстъл m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 碧仙桃 bik1 sin1 tou4
Mandarin: cmn 布里斯托爾 Bùlǐsītuō'ěr, cmn 布里斯托 Bùlǐsītuō Taiwan
Esperanto: eo Bristolo
French: fr Bristol
Georgian: ka ბრისტოლი
Greek: el Μπρίστολ
Gujarati: gu બ્રિસ્ટોલ
Hebrew: he בריסטול brisṭol
Hindi: hi ब्रिस्टोल
Irish: ga Briostó m
Japanese: ja ブリストル Burisutoru
Kannada: kn ಬ್ರಿಸ್ಟೋಲ್
Korean: ko ^브리스톨
Lao: lo ບຣິຊໂທລ
Latin: la Bristolium
Latvian: lv Bristole f
Lithuanian: lt Bristolis m
Macedonian: mk Бристол m
Malayalam: ml ബ്രിസ്ടോൽ
Marathi: mr ब्रिस्टोल
Middle English: enm Bristowe
Polish: pl Bristol m
Portuguese: pt Bristol f
Punjabi: pa ਬ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟੋਲ
Russian: ru Бристо́ль m
Sinhalese: si බ්රිස්ටෝල්
Tamil: ta ப்ரிஸ்டோல்
Telugu: te బ్రిస్టోల్
Thai: th บริซโทล
Turkish: tr Bristol
Ukrainian: uk Бристоль m
Uyghur: ug برىستول
Welsh: cy Bryste f
See also
en bristol
:Category:Bristolian English
Noun
~
en Bristol board kind of heavy paper.
en countable tiddlywinks A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
en 2007 Forbes 180 8-13 93 In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.
References
Anagrams
en bilorst strobil
French
Etymology
The municipality is named after the fr en - city of en Bristol.
Pronunciation
[o:ô]
fr Bris tol
fr ol 2
Proper noun
m
fr municipality rcm/Pontiac r/Outaouais p/Quebec c/Canada
Derived terms
fr Bristolois, fr Bristoloise
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Bristowe
Polish
pl:
thumb|Bristol
Etymology
pl :bor en:Bristol + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Jest Spoczko-Bristol.wav bristol
Proper noun
m-in bristolski
pl city/county/and/unitary authority in southwest cc/England Bristol
Declension
s
Related terms
pl adjective brystolowy
pl nouns bristol brystol
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor en:Bristol + 1
Proper noun
f
pt city/county/and/unitary authority in southwest cc/England Bristol