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Brandywine.

A river or place in the United States:

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɹændiwaɪn/
  1. A river or place in the United States: A stream in Pennsylvania and Delaware (variously called the Brandywine Creek, the Brandywine River, and often just the Brandywine); the Battle of Brandywine was fought along its banks.

  2. A river or place in the United States: A township in Hancock County, Indiana.

  3. A river or place in the United States: A township in Shelby County, Indiana.

  4. A river or place in the United States: A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.

  5. A river or place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio.

  6. A river or place in the United States: A census-designated place in Pendleton County, West Virginia.

Where this word comes from

Not known with certainty; so named since the 17th century; several long-held hypotheses exist, including a story of casks of brandywine that were spilled in the river's mouth in the colonial era, a fancied resemblance of the turbid water's color to that of brandywine, and an early Euro-American settler whose surname was similar to brandewijn or brandywine.

noun/ˈbɹændiwaɪn/
  1. An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit.

Where this word comes from

Unknown; the plant variety has been traced back far into the 19th century by seed savers, but the origin of its name is lost; speculations include the possibility that the fruit's color was likened to that of brandywine, or that the variety was bred in the Brandywine Valley.

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