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Brentwood

Brentwood proper noun: a town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).

Proper noun

Brentwood

  1. A town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).
  2. A local government district with borough status in Essex, formed in 1974.
  3. A city in Contra Costa County, California.
  4. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
  5. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  6. A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  7. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, named after Brentwood in Essex.
  8. A city in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Origin of Brentwood

From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).

Questions about Brentwood

What does Brentwood mean?
Brentwood means a town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).
What part of speech is Brentwood?
Brentwood is a proper noun.

Words near Brentwood in the dictionary

  1. Brentor
  2. Brentry
  3. brents
  4. brentuximab
  5. brentuximab vedotin
  6. Brentwood
  7. brenzcatechin
  8. Breon
  9. Breona
  10. Breonna
  11. Breons

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