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Bristol is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. [4] It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State Street.
There is a small number of names whose origins do not fall into the above categories: some were given by railroad companies or taken from books the people naming the town had been reading. Names with yet other unusual sources include Madras, Oregon , which was named after a bolt of Madras cloth seen in the general store, and Poland, Maine ...
By far the largest Bristol is Bristol, England, with a population of 441,300 within the city boundaries in 2010, followed by Bristol, Connecticut, which had 60,477 people living there at the time of the 2010 census. Bristol Wells Town Site is a ghost town, and therefore has nobody living there. Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England
Town of Big Lick (1874–1882) became town and later the independent City of Roanoke (name change) Town of Castlewood (1991–1997) became a town on 20 March 1991. Voted for annulment of the town charter on November 4, 1997 and was disincorporated on December 31, 1997. Town of Central City (1885–1890) became town, later City of Radford (name ...
from Portuguese, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu ma-rimba : ma-, pl. n. pref. + rimba, xylophone, hand piano Marmalade from marmelada, a preserve made from marmelo (="quince") Molasses from melaço (="treacle") Monsoon from monção Mosquito from Mosquito meaning 'little fly' Mulatto Portuguese mulato.
This is a list of geographic portmanteaus.Portmanteaus (also called blends) are names constructed by combining elements of two, or occasionally more, other names.. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from two other names or words.
After George Washington, [104] whose surname was in turn derived from the town of Washington in historic County Durham, England. [105] [106] The etymology of the town's name is disputed, but agreed to be ultimately Old English. West Virginia: September 1, 1831: Latin: Virginia