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Bronte

Bronte proper noun: one of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts.

bronte: one of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts
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Proper noun

Bronte

  1. (Greek) One of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts.
  2. (Greek) The goddess personifying thunder.
  3. An English dukedom.
  4. A surname.
  5. A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy, origin of the title Duke of Bronte.
  6. A community in the town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A town in Coke County, Texas, United States, named after Charlotte Brontë.
  8. A coastal locality in Tasman, New Zealand, named after the Duke of Bronte.
  9. A coastal suburb of Sydney in Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after Bronte House, from the Duke of Bronte.

Origin of Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

Words formed from Bronte

Questions about Bronte

What does Bronte mean?
Bronte means one of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts.
What part of speech is Bronte?
Bronte is a proper noun.

Words near Bronte in the dictionary

  1. Bronsted-Lowry bases
  2. Bronstein
  3. Bronsteins
  4. Bronsteter
  5. Bronsteters
  6. Bronte
  7. Bronte Park
  8. Brontean
  9. brontephobia
  10. brontesis
  11. Brontesque

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