Bristols


a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
a city in central Connecticut.
a city in NE Tennessee, contiguous with but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia.
a town in E Rhode Island.
a city in SW Virginia.
a town in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, considered as a unit.
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Outlines of Educational Doctrine John Frederick Herbart
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plural noun
(Brit, slang) a woman’s breasts
noun
City of Bristol, 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)
City of Bristol, 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)

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