Bradway

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/ˈbɹædweɪ/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English brād →
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Meanings

proper nounBradway (countable and uncountable, plural Bradways)

plural Bradways

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA suburb in Dore and Totley ward, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3380).

Origin

  1. Old Englishbrād“broad”
  2. EnglishBradway

From Old English brād (“broad”) + weġ (“path, road, way”). Likely a vowel-shifted variant of the surname Broadway, which is derived from the same roots. The words "broad way" have been used in English to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a millennium.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Bradway

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Cite this entry
APA

Bradway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bradway

MLA

“Bradway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bradway. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bradway,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bradway.

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