English Explanatory Dictionary

Braithwaite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
  2. A village in Above Derwent parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY2323).
  3. A small village in Kirk Bramwith parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6112).
  4. A suburban village near Keighley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0441).
  5. An unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Word forms

Braithwaite

Etymology

From Old Norse breiðr (“broad”) + þveit (“clearing”).

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