Bristol

[ bris-tl ]

/ ˈbrɪs tl /

noun

a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.

a city in central Connecticut.

a city in NE Tennessee, contiguous with but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia.

a town in E Rhode Island.

a city in SW Virginia.

a town in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.

Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, considered as a unit.

Example sentences from the Web for bristol

Another fine "any time" plate is Bristol Bay (Alaska) sockeye salmon.

Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café |Jane & Michael Stern |August 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Bristol has her already-established blog on the site while Piper has begun to record her own video commentary.

‘Lamestream Media’ Execs Are Running Palin TV |Lloyd Grove |July 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“I saw a lunatic, simply stated,” the victim, a contractor from nearby Bristol, told police.

Can America’s Favorite Ex-Con Mayor Win Again? |David Freedlander |June 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Is he Robin Gunningham, a college-educated Bristol man born on July 28, 1973?

Banksy Snapped? This Is Allegedly a Photograph of the Graffiti Artist at Work in New York City |Marlow Stern |October 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

New branches of Sunday Assembly have already been set up in Bristol, England, Melbourne, Australia, and New York City.

Sunday Assembly Is the Hot New Atheist Church |Nico Hines |September 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The plague of Lichfield in 1645-46, like that of Bristol, went on during a constant state of military turmoil.

A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) |Charles Creighton
During his residence in England, he seems to have lived near Bristol and died at Clifton.

The Loyalists of Massachusetts |James H. Stark
Lastly, in Bristol, as indeed without doubt in most places, the cemeteries did not long suffice for the multitude of the dead.

The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9) |Francis Aidan Gasquet
Your Majesty would be in between two great garrisons, Bristol and Portsmouth.

Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger |John Masefield
The king assisted to finance the ventures of the Bristol captains, and five of his ships formed part of the little fleet.

Pioneers in Canada |Sir Harry Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for bristol

Bristol

/ (ˈbrɪstəl) /

noun

City of Bristol a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)

City of Bristol a unitary authority in SW England, created in 1996 from part of Avon county. Pop: 391 500 (2003 est). Area: 110 sq km (42 sq miles)

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