Bristol

City near Bath

Bristol is a major city and port in southwest England, historically important for maritime trade.

The term appears in Bristol board (a smooth, stiff cardboard used for drawing and printing) and Bristol fashion, from the nautical phrase shipshape and Bristol fashion, meaning neat and in good order.

In British rhyming slang, Bristols (from Bristol City = titty) means breasts.

city

England

Largest British country

  • AvonEnglish river or cosmetics company
  • portDocking place for ships
  • harborSafe anchorage for ships

Somerset · Gloucestershire · West Country · Clifton · Cabot · Brunel · channel · docks · aerospace · university

UK cities

Birmingham

Major city, two continents

Leeds · Edinburgh · Glasgow · Cardiff · Southampton · Plymouth · Bath · Exeter · Brighton · Newcastle

Categories
Opposites
geographic rivalry/regional identity

BristolCardiff

Welsh seat of government

Bath · Liverpool · Birmingham · Newport

english capital vs regional city

BristolLondon

England's capital city

Newcastle · Glasgow · Liverpool · Manchester · Edinburgh

west vs east england

BristolNorwich

Norfolk's county town

Hull · Ipswich

Phrases
Family

bridge, stow

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G