Brampton

From Old English brōm (“broom plant”) + -tun (“enclosure”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæm(p)tən/

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Brampton

1. A city in Ontario, Canada.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) B-town, (derogatory or humorous) Browntown, (derogatory) Bramladesh

   • 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Canadian leaders were quick to denounce the recent violence in Brampton and crack down on those involved in the clashes.

2. An unincorporated community and township in Delta County, Michigan, United States.
3. A township in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States.
4. Several places in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2070). ^[1]
   2. A small market town and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5361). ^[2]
   3. A village in Long Marton parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6723).
   4. A suburb in Chesterfield borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3670).
   5. A civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, to the west of Brampton in Chesterfield. ^[3]
   6. A hamlet and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8479). ^[4]
   7. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2224). ^[5]
   8. A village in Brampton Bierlow parish, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4101). ^[6]
   9. A village in Brampton with Stoven parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM4382).
5. A surname.