Bridgeport

[ brij-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈbrɪdʒˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

a seaport in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.

Example sentences from the Web for bridgeport

Nearly a year after the shootings in Newtown, Murphy was again in Bridgeport City Hall, on a dreary Thursday.

Sen. Chris Murphy, Taking On the NRA After Newtown |David Freedlander |December 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But it arguably scored an emotionally more important win in Bridgeport, Conn., where it took over the school board.

A Liberal Sweep of America’s Little Votes |Michael Tomasky |November 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There was talk of protests in other cities: Chicago, Seattle, Bridgeport.

Arrests for Protesters, Not Bankers |Michael Daly |October 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Lomax co-authored a study of traffic congestion across 90 cities in which the Bridgeport area ranked among the top ten.

America's 50 Worst Commutes |The Daily Beast |March 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Not surprisingly, the Times Square bomber resided in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

All Those Times Square Heroes |Leslie H. Gelb |May 8, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Haven't we read in the papers about immense buildings blowing up at Bridgeport since the war began?

The Lightning Conductor Discovers America |C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
On account of the war and influenza in the fall of 1918, the show sought refuge in Bridgeport, a calamity in Ringlingville.

Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region |H. E. Cole
It was postmarked Bridgeport, but—that don't prove anything.

From School to Battle-field |Charles King
Hooker with fifteen thousand men of the Army of the Potomac came rapidly by rail to Bridgeport.

The Civil War Through the Camera |Henry W. (Henry William) Elson
The Confederate leader destroyed the railroad bridge at Bridgeport and entrenched himself in and around Chattanooga.

The Civil War Through the Camera |Henry W. (Henry William) Elson

Bridgeport

/ (ˈbrɪdʒˌpɔːt) /

a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)