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Bristol
[bris-tl]
noun
a seaport in Avon, in southwestern England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
a city in central Connecticut.
a township in southeastern Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
a deepwater seaport in eastern Rhode Island.
a city in northeastern Tennessee, contiguous to but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia.
a city in southwestern Virginia, contiguous to but politically independent of Bristol, Tennessee.
a bi-state region comprising the twin cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia.
Bristol
/ ˈɪə /
noun
a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
a unitary authority in SW England, created in 1996 from part of Avon county. Pop: 391 500 (2003 est). Area: 110 sq km (42 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Some local authorities have created a network of so-called "cool spaces" where the public can go, including London, Manchester and Bristol.
"With uranium… the radiation doesn't really travel very far," says Prof Claire Corkhill, Chair in Mineralogy and Radioactive Waste Management at the University of Bristol.
Port Talbot and Bristol are the likely locations for the turbines, with the hope that they could be up and running within seven years.
A 22-year-old man from Bristol has also been bailed in relation to the shooting.
"That's a really large number, a very worrying number" over such a short period, said Dr Matthew Palmer of the UK Met Office, and associate professor at the University of Bristol.
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