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Brookfield

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From Old English brōc (“brook”) + feld (“field”).

proper noun Brookfields

  1. countable, uncountable A suburb of Hadfield, High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK0195).
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Kingstone parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4334).
  3. countable, uncountable A suburb and ward in north-east Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5631).
  4. countable, uncountable A southern suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4815).
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4164).
  6. countable, uncountable A community on the north-east coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  7. countable, uncountable A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
  8. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
  9. countable, uncountable A community in Lot 24 township, Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
  10. countable, uncountable A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Tift County, Georgia.
  12. countable, uncountable A village and zoo in Cook County, Illinois.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
  14. countable, uncountable A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  15. countable, uncountable A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  16. countable, uncountable A town and hamlet therein, in Madison County, New York.
  17. countable, uncountable A town in Orange County, Vermont.
  18. countable, uncountable A city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  19. countable, uncountable A town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
  20. countable, uncountable A number of townships in the United States, including in Illinois, Iowa (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (2) and Pennsylvania, listed under Brookfield Township.
  21. countable, uncountable A locality in the Dungog council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  22. countable, uncountable A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  23. countable, uncountable A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
  24. countable, uncountable A suburb of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
  25. countable A habitational surname from Old English, from any of the villages in England.

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"Brookfield." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brookfield. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

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

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@misc{brookfield_2026,
  title = {Brookfield},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brookfield},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}