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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon

Merriam Webster's

geographical name 1. city W central Connecticut WSW of Hartford population 60,062 2. city NE Tennessee population 24,821 3. city & port SW England on Avon River near Severn estuary population 370,300 • Bristolian noun

Merriam Webster's

noun see bristol board

Britannica Concise

City (pop.,
1995: 401,000), SW England. Lying at the confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers, the city received its first charter in 1155. Long a center of commerce, it was the point of departure in 1497 of J. Cabot in his search for a route to Asia. During the 17th-18th cent. it prospered on the triangular slave trade between W. Africa and the W. Indian and Amer. plantation colonies. Though Bristol suffered a decline in trade in the early 19th cent., it soon rebounded with the coming of the railway. It suffered severe destruction from bombing in World War II, but was rebuilt. Today it is an important shipping center, especially for oil and food products.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bristol Bris"tol, n. A seaport city in the west of England. Bristol board, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface. Bristol brick, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; -- originally manufactured at Bristol. Bristol stone, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near Bristol, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond.