Bangor
/ˈbæŋ(ɡ)əɹ/ name
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- 1 A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
- 2 A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).; The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.
- 3 A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
- 4 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.
- 5 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.
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- 6 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.
- 7 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.
"‘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.’"
- 8 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.
- 9 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.
- 10 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.
- 11 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.
- 12 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.
- 13 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.
- 14 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.
- 15 Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.; A community in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 16 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.
- 17 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.
- 18 Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.; A rural locality in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.
- 19 A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.
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More examples"‘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.’"
Etymology
From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).