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Great Bridge

Great Bridge proper noun: an area of Tipton, Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).

Proper noun

Great Bridge

  1. An area of Tipton, Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).
    • They scaled the debris of crumbling breezeblocks […] and found a room, lit by a streetlamp, stripped back all the way to the brick, with the front wall of the building missing, facing Great Bridge.2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 71
  2. A community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States, named after the Battle of Great Bridge.

Origin of Great Bridge

In the West Midlands, "Great" comes from Old English grēot.

Questions about Great Bridge

What does Great Bridge mean?
Great Bridge means an area of Tipton, Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).
What part of speech is Great Bridge?
Great Bridge is a proper noun.

Words near Great Bridge in the dictionary

  1. great blue lobelia
  2. great blue lobelias
  3. Great Bookham
  4. Great Bourton
  5. Great Bowden
  6. Great Bridge
  7. Great Bridgeford
  8. Great Britain
  9. Great Britain and Ireland
  10. Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  11. Great Britainer

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