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- BRISTOL
- (Gaelic and Welsh.) Local. A city in England. The name signifies The broken chasm; from bris, Gaelic, broken, and tull, Welsh, tol, a hole, cleft or chasm. This corresponds to the ancient name of Bristol, which was Caer Oder, i. e., the City of the Gap or chasm, through which the Avon finds a passage to the sea.
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Source : An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857.
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