Bradway

//ˈbɹædweɪ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A suburb in Dore and Totley ward, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3380). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English brād (“broad”) + weġ (“path, road, way”). Likely a vowel-shifted variant of the surname Broadway, which is derived from the same roots. The words "broad way" have been used in English to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a millennium.

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