Bracknell

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proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669).
  2. A local government district in Berkshire formed in 1974 and renamed Bracknell Forest in May 1988.
  3. A town in Meander Valley council area and the Northern Midlands council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Origin

First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".

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APA

Bracknell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bracknell

MLA

“Bracknell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bracknell. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bracknell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bracknell.

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