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Pontefract

Pontefract proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).

Proper noun

Pontefract

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).

Origin of Pontefract

From Latin pons (“bridge”) + Latin fractus (“broken”).

Words formed from Pontefract

Phrases with Pontefract

Questions about Pontefract

What does Pontefract mean?
Pontefract means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).
What part of speech is Pontefract?
Pontefract is a proper noun.

Words near Pontefract in the dictionary

  1. Ponte
  2. Ponte-Leccia
  3. pontederiaceous
  4. pontee
  5. pontees
  6. Pontefract
  7. Pontefract cake
  8. Pontefract cakes
  9. Ponteilla
  10. Ponteix
  11. Ponteland

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