# Bristol
## English

Wikivoyage

### Alternative forms

* Brigstow (obsolete)
* Bristole (obsolete)
* Bristou (obsolete)
* Bristow (obsolete)
* Brizzle (informal)

### Etymology

From Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ +‎ -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more.
The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈbɹɪstəl/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪstəl

### Proper noun

Bristol
* A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
* Several places in Canada:
** A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
** A municipality of the Ouataouais region, Quebec, Canada.
** A community of Region of Queens municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
* A locality in Limón Province, Costa Rica.
* A locality in Cornwall County, Jamaica.
* A locality in the Loreto department, Peru.
* Several places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Prowers County, Colorado.
** A suburban city in Hartford County, Connecticut.
** A small city, the county seat of Liberty County, Florida.
** An unincorporated community in Pierce County, Georgia.
** A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kendall County, Illinois.
** A town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
** A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
** An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
** A ghost town in Lake County, Michigan.
** A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
** A community of the city of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
** A town and census-designated place therein. in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
** A town in Ontario County, New York.
** A township in Morgan County, Ohio.
** An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio.
** A borough and township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
** A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, and the traditional county seat.
** A tiny city in Day County, South Dakota.
** A city in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
** A census-designated place in Ellis County, Texas.
** A town in Addison County, Vermont.
** An independent city in Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Kittitas County, Washington.
** An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
** A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
** A former town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, disestablished in 2010; most of the town became the village of Bristol, while the remainder was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.
** A village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
* A surname from Old English.

#### Derived terms

* Bristol Bay
* Bristol blue glass
* Bristol board
* Bristol brick
* Bristol Channel
* Bristol County
* Bristol diamond
* Bristol glaze
* Bristolian
* Bristol onion
* Bristol paper
* Bristol pound
* Bristol rockcress
* Bristol sound
* Bristol stool chart
* Bristol Township
* Bristol whitebeam
* shipshape and Bristol fashion

#### Descendants

* Latin bristoliensis

#### See also

* bristol
* Category:Bristolian English

### Noun

Bristol (countable and uncountable, plural Bristols)
* Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”)
* (countable, tiddlywinks) A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
** 2007, Forbes, volume 180, numbers 8-13, page 93:In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Bristol (England) in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

### Anagrams

* strobil

## French
### Etymology

The municipality is named after the English city of Bristol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁis.tol/
* Hyphenation: Bris‧tol
* Rhymes: -ol

### Proper noun

Bristol m
* A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

#### Derived terms

* Bristolois, Bristoloise

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Bristol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbris.tɔl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -istɔl
* Syllabification: Bris‧tol
* Homophone: bristol

### Proper noun

Bristol m inan (related adjective bristolski)
* Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)

#### Related terms

* brystolowy
* bristol
* brystol

### Further reading

* Bristol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From English Bristol.

### Proper noun

Bristol f
* Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)