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Bangor

//ˈbæŋ(ɡ)əɹ// name

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  1. 1
    A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
  2. 2
    A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).; The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.
  3. 3
    A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  4. 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. 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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  1. 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.
  2. 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.’"

  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 15
    Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.; A community in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 19
    A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

Etymology

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).

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