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Brandon

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Brandon, usually ‘hill where broom grows’, OE brōm + dūn: Brandon Durham. Bromdune c.1190. Brandon Northum. Bremdona c.1150, Bromdun 1236. Here the first element alternates with OE *brēmen ‘broomy’. Brandon Suffolk. Bromdun 11th cent., Brandona 1086 (DB). Brandon Warwicks. Brandune 1086 (DB). Brandon Parva Norfolk. Brandun 1086 (DB).

However the following may have a different origin: Brandon Lincs. Branthon 1060–6, Brandune 1086 (DB). Probably ‘hill by the River Brant’. OE river-name (from OE brant ‘steep, deep’) + dūn.

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Brandon

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Brandon ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of various places so called, most of which get their name from Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. In some cases it may be an altered form of Brendan. There has perhaps also been some influence from the surname of the Italian American actor Marlon Brando (1924–2004). In Britain the name has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity since the mid-1990s.

Variants: Brandan, Branden, Brandyn.

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Brandon

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Brandon, Canada, Ireland, UK, USA 1. Canada (Manitoba): a Hudson's Bay Company trading post called Brandon House was founded in 1793 and named after Archibald Douglas, Duke of Brandon. When the Canadian Pacific Railway was built nearby in 1881, the city of Brandon was founded.2. Ireland: five natural features in Kerry have this name, probably after a person called Bréanann.3. UK (Suffolk/England): formerly Bromdun and Brandona ‘Hill where Broom grows’ from the Old English brōm and dūn.

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Brandon

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Brandon city (1991 pop. 38,567), SW Man., Canada, on the Assiniboine River. The business center of the wheat-raising area of SW Manitoba, Brandon has an extensive trade in farm products and machinery. It is the seat of the annual provincial exhibition and of the Manitoba Winter Fair. A dominion experimental farm adjoins the city. Brandon Univ. is in the city. Brandon is named for the old Hudson's Bay Company post, Brandon House, built in 1793.

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Brandon uninc. town (1990 pop. 57,985), Hillsborough co., W Fla., a suburb just E of Tampa. Chiefly residential, it is also a retail and service center. Brandon has grown with the construction of highways connecting it to other Florida urban centers. Citrus fruits and vegetables are grown in the area, which also has cattle and dairy farms.

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Brandon

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Brandon,
1. Colonel, a character in J. Austen's Sense and Sensibility;

1. George, the assumed name of George Firmin in Thackeray's A Shabby Genteel Story;

1. Mrs, a character in Thackeray's The Adventures of Philip.

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Brandon

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

Brandon An episode in the Upton Warren interstadial, which occurred within the Würm (Devensian) Glacial.

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Brandon

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Brandon An episode in the Upton Warren Interstadial, which occurred within the Würm (Weichsel) Glacial.

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Brandon

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Brandon (Cé Bhréanainn) Kerry. ‘Quay of Bréanann’.

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