Brandon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹændən/
rhymes: -ændən
Etymology: From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton.
Senses: examples: text: Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard.
ref: c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Richard III, act V, scene III:
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage.
glosses: Any of some towns and villages in England:
A village in Brandon and Byshottles parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2339).
glosses: Any of some towns and villages in England:
A small village in Hough-on-the-Hill parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9048).
glosses: Any of some towns and villages in England:
A hamlet in Ingram parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0417).
glosses: Any of some towns and villages in England:
A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TL7886).
glosses: Any of some towns and villages in England:
A small village in Brandon and Bretford parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4076).
glosses: A village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
glosses: A coastal village in County Kerry, Ireland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Kiowa County, Colorado.
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A census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Buchanan County, Iowa.
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A charter township in Oakland County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city and township in Douglas County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Rankin County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Madison County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Perkins County, Nebraska.
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A town in Franklin County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city and township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hill County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A city in south-west Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A rural town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Brandon and Bretford
Brandon and Byshottles