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Brighton Beach

Syllables: Brigh·ton Beach/ˈbɹaɪtən biːt͡ʃ/

Brighton Beach proper noun: a neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

Proper noun

Brighton Beach

  1. A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
    Synonyms:
    Little Odessa, Little Russia

Synonyms of Brighton Beach

Origin of Brighton Beach

Named by Henry C. Murphy and a group of businessmen in 1878, after Brighton in England.

Questions about Brighton Beach

What does Brighton Beach mean?
Brighton Beach means a neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
What part of speech is Brighton Beach?
Brighton Beach is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Brighton Beach?
Brighton Beach is pronounced /ˈbɹaɪtən biːt͡ʃ/.

Words near Brighton Beach in the dictionary

  1. brightness
  2. brightnesse
  3. brightnesses
  4. Brighton
  5. Brighton and Hove
  6. Brighton Beach
  7. Brighton East
  8. Brighton line
  9. Brighton Park
  10. Brighton pier
  11. Brighton-Le-Sands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Brighton Beach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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