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Bangor.

A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈbæŋɡɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæŋɡɔɹ/General-American/ˈbeɪ̯ŋɡɔɹ//ˈbɛ̃ŋɡɔɹ/
  1. A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).

  2. A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872). The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.

Where this word comes from

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”).

name/ˈbæŋɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæŋɡɚ/General-American/ˈbeɪ̯ŋɡɚ//ˈbɛ̃ŋɡɚ/
  1. A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Where this word comes from

From Irish Beannchar.

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  1. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.

  2. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Butte County, California.

  3. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa.

  4. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine.

  5. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A township and city therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.

  6. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A township in Bay County, Michigan.

  7. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A town in Franklin County, New York.

  8. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

  9. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

  10. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: A village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, partially within the town above.

  11. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A number of places in the United States: Other townships in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

  12. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A community in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  13. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt, No. 183, Saskatchewan, Canada.

  14. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

  15. Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland. A rural locality in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.

  16. A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

Where this word comes from

From either the Welsh city or the Northern Irish city.

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