English Explanatory Dictionary

Pontefract

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).

Word forms

Pontefract

Etymology

From Latin pons (“bridge”) + Latin fractus (“broken”).

Derived words

Mansfield-et-Pontefract Pontefract cake
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