English Explanatory Dictionary

Brompton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. An area and council ward in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, including the South Kensington and Knightsbridge areas (OS grid ref TQ2779). Related terms: West Brompton.
  3. A suburb in Medway district, Kent, between Chatham and Gillingham (OS grid ref TQ7668).
  4. A village and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3796).
  5. A civil parish (served by Brompton-by-Sawdon Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district.
  6. A hamlet in Chirbury with Brompton parish, west Shropshire, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SO2593).
  7. A hamlet near Cross Houses, Berrington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5407).
  8. A borough in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
  9. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.
  10. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɒm(p)tən/ /ˈbɹʌm(p)tən/

Word forms

Brompton Bromptons

Etymology

From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Brompton boiler Brompton-by-Sawdon Brompton cocktail Brompton mixture Brompton-on-Swale Brompton Regis Chirbury with Brompton New Brompton West Brompton
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary