Bangor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈbæŋ(ɡ)əɹ/
rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).
Senses: glosses: A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
glosses: A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.
glosses: A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa.
examples: text: ‘Where are you from?’ Lionel asked, and then, because the question seemed too personal […] he said, ‘Not that you have to tell me.’
‘Bangor,’ Charles said. ‘Maine.’
‘What’s it like there?’
‘Cold. Wet. Empty,’ he said. ‘It’s kind of a bleak place.’
ref: 2021, Brandon Taylor, “Meat”, in Filthy Animals, Daunt Books Originals, page 243:
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A township and city therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Bay County, Michigan.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, New York.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
A village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, partially within the town above.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A number of places in the United States:
Other townships in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A community in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.
A rural locality in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.
Derived terms: Bangor-on-Dee
Capel Bangor