Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "Brantford" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF BRANTFORD

Brantford  [ˈbræntfəd] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRANTFORD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brantford is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRANTFORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brantford

Brantford

Brantford is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is connected to Woodstock in the west and Hamilton in the east by Highway 403 and to Cambridge to the north and Simcoe to the south by Highway 24. It is the seat of Brant County, but is politically separate from the county. Brantford is sometimes known as the "Telephone City", as a former city resident, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone at his father's home, the Bell Homestead, and conducted the first long distance telephone call from Brantford to Paris, Ontario in 1876. Brantford is also the birthplace of hockey player Wayne Gretzky, comedian Phil Hartman, as well as Group of Seven member Lawren Harris. Brantford is named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk leader. Many of his descendants live on the neighbouring reserve of Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.

Definition of Brantford in the English dictionary

The definition of Brantford in the dictionary is a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRANTFORD


Ashford
ˈæʃfəd
Bedford
ˈbɛdfəd
Bradford
ˈbrædfəd
Crawford
ˈkrɔːfəd
Dartford
ˈdɑːtfəd
Deptford
ˈdɛtfəd
Guildford
ˈɡɪlfəd
Hartford
ˈhɑːtfəd
Hertford
ˈhɑːtfəd
Oxford
ˈɒksfəd
Rockford
ˈrɒkfəd
rutherford
ˈrʌðəfəd
Stafford
ˈstæfəd
Stamford
ˈstæmfəd
Stanford
ˈstænfəd
Stratford-on-Avon
ˈstrætfəd
Stretford
ˈstrɛtfəd
Trafford
ˈtræfəd
Waterford
ˈwɔːtəfəd
Watford
ˈwɒtfəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRANTFORD

Brandt
brandy
brandy bottle
brandy butter
brandy snap
branfulness
brangle
branglings
brank
branks
brankursine
branky
branle
branner
brannigan
branny
Branson
brant
brantail
Branting

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRANTFORD

afford
Beckford
Beresford
Castleford
Chelmsford
Crockford
ford
Hereford
Lifford
Longford
Mumford
New Bedford
Pickford
Redford
Rumford
Salford
Stableford
Stepford
Strafford
Wexford

Synonyms and antonyms of Brantford in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Brantford» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF BRANTFORD

Find out the translation of Brantford to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Brantford from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Brantford» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

布兰特福德
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Brantford
570 millions of speakers

English

Brantford
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Brantford
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برانتفورد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Brantford
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Brantford
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Brantford
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brantford
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brantford
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブラントフォード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

브랜트 포드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brantford
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brantford
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

: Brantford
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रँटफोर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Brantford
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Brantford
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Brantford
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Brantford
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Brantford
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Brantford
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Friesland
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Brant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Brantford
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Brantford

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRANTFORD»

The term «Brantford» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.684 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
83
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Brantford» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Brantford
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Brantford».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRANTFORD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Brantford» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Brantford» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Brantford

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRANTFORD»

Discover the use of Brantford in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Brantford and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reinventing Brantford: A University Comes Downtown
n the spring of 2002, “Canada's magazine on higher education,” University Affairs , recog— nized Brantford's innovative approach to curric— ulum in a cover article on the Contemporary Studies Program? By the fall of 2002, enrollment had ...
Leo Groarke, 2009
2
Annual Archæological Report
20134, stone pendant, Shellard's farm, near Brantford. 20135-136. beads of bear's teeth, Walker farm, near Brantford. 20137, bead made of a section of fish bone, Sealey farm, near Brantford. 20138, piece of bone showing cut made by a flint ...
Ontario Archaeological Museum (Toronto), David Boyle, Roland B. Orr, 1900
3
Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario
President, Wm. Foster, 120 Eagle Ave., Brantford. Cor. Sec, |Fred [Jones, 208 \ Chatham St., Brantford. Meets first and third Thursdays. Name, — Bricklayers and Masons, No. 9. Total membership, 60 ; average earnings per week, $12 ; number  ...
Ontario. Legislative Assembly, 1907
4
Annual Archaeological Reports of Ontario
20134, stone pendant, Shellard's farm, near Brantford. 20135-136 beads of bear's teeth, Walker farm, near Brantford. 20137, bead made of a section of fish bone, Sealey farm, near Brantford. 20138, piece of bone showing cut made by a flint ...
Ontario Archaeological Museum (Toronto), 1896
5
Sessional Papers ... of the Legislative Assembly of the ...
20134, stone pendant, Shellard's farm, near Brantford. 20135-136, beads of bear's teeth, Walker farm, near Brantford. 20137, bead made of a section of fish bone, Sealey farm, near Brantford. 20138, piece of bone showing cut made by a flint ...
Ontario. Legislative Assembly, 1900
6
Archaeological Report
string of 239 French beads, from grave at Beverly. 20133, slate pendant, Walker farm. 20134, stone pendant, Shellard's farm, near Brantford. 20135-136, beads of bear's teeth, Walker farm, near Brantford. 20137, bead made of a section of fish ...
7
Behind Bars: Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols
BRANTFORD The jail in Brantford, along with the courthouse, was built in 1852, as a condition of Brant County being granted municipal status. Its original capacity was for twenty men and three women. The first hanging, a twosome, took place ...
Ron Brown, 2006
8
Annual Archaeological Report: 1901-1903
20134, stone pendant, Shellard's farm, near Brantford. 20135-136, beads of bear's teeth, Walker farm, near Brantford. 20137, bead made of a section of fish bone, Sealey farm, near Brantford. 20138, piece of bone showing cut made by a flint ...
9
Brantford: Buildings and Structures in Brantford, Education ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2011
10
Brown's Directory of American Gas Companies ...: Statistics ...
Marslivill St. Catherines (N). Massey Massey (A). Merlin . Brantford (N). Merritton St. Catherines (N). Moulton. Port Colhourne (N). Muirkirk Brantford (N). N apnnee . Napaneo. Niagara Falls Niagara Falls (N). North Buxton Brantford (N).

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRANTFORD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Brantford is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Police break up Brantford party of 200 teens
Brantford police officers arrived at a Woodway Trail home at around 6:30 p.m. on July 4 after receiving at least four calls reporting loud music, ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
2
With volume up, ER wait times constant
The average wait time in the emergency room at Brantford General Hospital hasn't increased even though more patients are visiting the ER ... «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
3
Youths picked up over portable toilet arson
The Brantford fire department contacted city police to help with and arson call shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday about a portable toilet which had been ... «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
4
EMERGENCY SERVICES: Six Nations volunteer fire department …
By Michael-Allan Marion, Brantford Expositor. Monday, July 6, 2015 8:33:16 EDT PM. Six Nations fire Chief Matthew Miller (left) talks with provincial Community ... «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
5
Brantford-based league hosts 'coach' Wiggins
In its third year of existence, the NBBL moved its elite division to the RISE Centre in Brantford, which is the former Mohawk College campus on ... «www.brantnews.com, Jul 15»
6
MOHAWK LAKE CONCERNS
As a local taxpayer, I also am interested in the projected annual costs once there is a plan. When will this be available to Brantford taxpayers? «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
7
LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Jacobs 'humbled' by honour
LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Jacobs 'humbled' by honour 0. By Brian Smiley, Brantford Expositor. Monday, July 6, 2015 8:18:17 EDT PM. «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
8
ANIMAL WELFARE: Wheelchair helps German shepherd get around
By Michelle Ruby, Brantford Expositor. Monday, July 6, 2015 8:25:23 EDT PM. Lee Fraser and Brian Tracey are helping their German shepherd, Cindy Lou, who ... «Brantford Expositor, Jul 15»
9
Political parties must be made accountable
Members of Brantford District Labour Council affiliates march on MP Phil McColeman's office on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, to protest Bill C-377. «Owen Sound Sun Times, Jul 15»
10
126-year-old Brantford-built bike salvaged by...
Canadian Vintage Bicycle Show organizer Jamie McGregor, left, checks out a 126-year-old Goold Bicycle Company bike built in Brantford that ... «www.brantnews.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Brantford [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brantford>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z