Bristol

See also: bristol

English

Wikivoyage

Alternative forms

• Brigstow (obsolete)
• Bristole (obsolete)
• Bristou (obsolete)
• Bristow (obsolete)
• Brizzle (informal)

Etymology

From Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ +‎ -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more.

The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪstəl/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪstəl

Proper noun

Bristol

1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
2. Several places in Canada:
   1. A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
   2. A municipality of the Ouataouais region, Quebec, Canada.
   3. A community of Region of Queens municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A locality in Limón Province, Costa Rica.
4. A locality in Cornwall County, Jamaica.
5. A locality in the Loreto department, Peru.
6. Several places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Prowers County, Colorado.
   2. A suburban city in Hartford County, Connecticut.
   3. A small city, the county seat of Liberty County, Florida.
   4. An unincorporated community in Pierce County, Georgia.
   5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kendall County, Illinois.
   6. A town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
   7. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
   8. An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
   9. A ghost town in Lake County, Michigan.
   10. A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
   11. A community of the city of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
   12. A town and census-designated place therein. in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
   13. A town in Ontario County, New York.
   14. A township in Morgan County, Ohio.
   15. An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio.
   16. A borough and township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   17. A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, and the traditional county seat.
   18. A tiny city in Day County, South Dakota.
   19. A city in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
   20. A census-designated place in Ellis County, Texas.
   21. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
   22. An independent city in Virginia.
   23. An unincorporated community in Kittitas County, Washington.
   24. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
   25. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
   26. A former town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, disestablished in 2010; most of the town became the village of Bristol, while the remainder was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.
   27. A village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
7. A surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Bristol Bay
• Bristol blue glass
• Bristol board
• Bristol brick
• Bristol Channel
• Bristol County
• Bristol diamond
• Bristol glaze
• Bristolian
• Bristol onion
• Bristol paper
• Bristol pound
• Bristol rockcress
• Bristol sound
• Bristol stool chart
• Bristol Township
• Bristol whitebeam
• shipshape and Bristol fashion

 

Descendants

• Latin bristoliensis

Translations

city in south-west England

• Amharic: ብሪስቶል (bəristol)
• Arabic: بْرِيسْتُول m (bristul)
• Armenian: Բրիստոլ (hy) (Bristol)
• Bengali: ব্রিস্টোল (brisṭōl)
• Bulgarian: Брѝстъл m (Brìstǎl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 碧仙桃 (bik¹ sin¹ tou⁴)

  Mandarin: 布里斯托爾 (zh) (Bùlǐsītuō'ěr), 布里斯托 (zh) (Bùlǐsītuō) (Taiwan)

• French: Bristol (fr)
• Georgian: ბრისტოლი (brisṭoli)
• Greek: Μπρίστολ (el) (Brístol)
• Gujarati: બ્રિસ્ટોલ (brisṭol)
• Hebrew: בריסטול (brisṭol)
• Hindi: ब्रिस्टोल (brisṭol)
• Irish: Briostó m
• Japanese: ブリストル (Burisutoru)
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಿಸ್ಟೋಲ್ (brisṭōl)
• Korean: 브리스톨 (Beuriseutol)
• Lao: ບຣິຊໂທລ (ba rit thōn)
• Latin: Bristolium
• Latvian: Bristole f
• Lithuanian: Bristolis m
• Macedonian: Бристол m (Bristol)
• Malayalam: ബ്രിസ്ടോൽ (brisṭōl)
• Marathi: ब्रिस्टोल (brisṭol)
• Polish: Bristol (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bristol f
• Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟੋਲ (brisṭol)
• Russian: Бристо́ль (ru) m (Bristólʹ)
• Sinhalese: බ්රිස්ටෝල් (brisṭōl)
• Tamil: ப்ரிஸ்டோல் (prisṭōl)
• Telugu: బ్రిస్టోల్ (brisṭōl)
• Thai: บริซโทล
• Turkish: Bristol
• Ukrainian: Бристоль m (Brystolʹ)
• Uyghur: برىستول (bristol)
• Welsh: Bryste f

See also

• bristol
• Category:Bristolian English

Noun

Bristol (countable and uncountable, plural Bristols)

1. Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”)
2. (countable, tiddlywinks) A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
   • 2007, Forbes, volume 180, numbers 8-13, page 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.

Anagrams

• strobil

French

Etymology

The municipality is named after the English city of Bristol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁis.tol/
• Hyphenation: Bris‧tol
• Rhymes: -ol

Proper noun

Bristol m

1. A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

• Bristolois, Bristoloise

Polish

Bristol

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bristol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbris.tɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -istɔl
• Syllabification: Bris‧tol
• Homophone: bristol

Proper noun

Bristol m inan (related adjective bristolski)

1. Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)

Declension

Declension of Bristol

	singular
nominative	Bristol
genitive	Bristolu
dative	Bristolowi
accusative	Bristol
instrumental	Bristolem
locative	Bristolu
vocative	Bristolu

Related terms

adjective

• brystolowy

 

nouns

• bristol
• brystol

 

Further reading

• Bristol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English Bristol.

Proper noun

Bristol f

1. Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)