Bristol
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.
Contemporary Examples
Banksy Snapped? This Is Allegedly a Photograph of the Graffiti Artist at Work in New York City Marlow Stern October 24, 2013
Bristol Palin’s Outrageous Payday Shushannah Walshe April 5, 2011
The Biggest Leaks From Palin’s Book Shushannah Walshe November 18, 2010
Cameron: Rioters Will Pay August 10, 2011
Reality Stars Who Overstayed Their Welcome The Daily Beast Video November 21, 2010
Historical Examples
Aviation in Peace and War Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes
Kosciuszko Monica Mary Gardner
My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 Monica M. Stanley
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Various
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) Edward Gibbon
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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