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Bradford

/ˈbɹædfəɹd/ UK
/ˈbɹadfəɹd/ UK
/ˈbɹaʔfəd/ Yorkshire
/ˈbɹædfɚd/ US

Where it comes from

* Various place names in England, from Old English brād (“broad”) + ford (“ford”).

* (shaken martini)

proper noun

A city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire.
A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1175).
A settlement in Youlgreave parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2164).
A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4207).
An area of Manchester, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ8698).
A small village in Adderstone with Lucker parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1532).
An urban area in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada.
A suburb in the Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama.
A small city in White County, Arkansas.
A village in Stark County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Iowa.
A census-designated place in Franklin County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
A village and former town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
A township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
A town in Steuben County, New York.
A village in Darke County and Miami County, Ohio.
A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
A city and township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
A census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
A town in Orange County, Vermont.
A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. "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. - - -

noun Bradfords

A shaken martini.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: leeds, wide, broad, expansive, spacious, roomy, ample, extensive, capacious, vast, sweeping, ford, crossing, fordable, shallows, passage

Translations

Every language

name town in West Yorkshire

한국어	브래드포드 Beuraedeupodeu
日本語	ブラッドフォード Buraddofōdo
中文	布拉德福德 Bùlādéfúdé
Ελληνικά	Μπράντφορντ Brántfornt
Русский	Брэ́дфорд Brɛ́dford
العربية	بْرَادْفُورْد bradfurd

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"Bradford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bradford. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Bradford. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bradford

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"Bradford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bradford.

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@misc{bradford_2026,
  title = {Bradford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bradford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}