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bangor

/ˈbæŋɡɔɹ/

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What does bangor mean?

proper noun

  1. A city and community with a city council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5872).
  2. The associated University; clipping of Bangor University.
  3. A city, formerly a town, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
More meanings (16)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
  2. A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
  3. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Iowa.
  4. A city, the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine.
  5. A township and city therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
  6. A township in Bay County, Michigan.
  7. A town in Franklin County, New York.
  8. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
  9. A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
  10. A village in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, partially within the town above.
  11. Other townships in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
  12. A community in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  13. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt, No. 183, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  14. A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
  15. A rural locality in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.
  16. A commune on Belle-Île, Morbihan department, Brittany, France.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbæŋɡɔɹ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈbæŋɡɚ/
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To view this mountain I and my little family set off in a calèche on the third morning after our arrival at Bangor.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Later in the autumn, preparations were made for proceeding with the foundations of the eastern main pier on the Bangor side of the Strait.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
More book examples (3)
Next morning we started for Llangollen, Conway, Bangor, and Capel Curig.
Charles DarwinThe Autobiography of Charles DarwinProject Gutenberg ebook #2010
I went to Bangor, Maine, to lecture once.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
Regretting that we could see no more of St. John, that we could scarcely see our way through its dimly lighted streets, we found the ferry to Carleton, and a sleeping-car for Bangor.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671