English Explanatory Dictionary

Bradway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb in Dore and Totley ward, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3380).

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹædweɪ/

Word forms

Bradway Bradways

Etymology

From Old English brād (“broad”) + weġ (“path, road, way”). Likely a vowel-shifted variant of the surname Broadway, which is derived from the same roots. The words "broad way" have been used in English to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a millennium.

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