Meanings
proper noun
- A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
Synonyms: Little Odessa, Little Russia
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
Similar
Little OdessaLittle Russia
Origin
Named by Henry C. Murphy and a group of businessmen in 1878, after Brighton in England.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 布萊頓海灘 /布莱顿海滩
- 布萊頓海灘 /布莱顿海滩neighbourhood of Brooklyn
Chinese Mandarin 布萊頓海灘 /布莱顿海滩
- 布萊頓海灘 /布莱顿海滩neighbourhood of Brooklyn
Czech Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Finnish Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
French Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
German Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Hungarian Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Italian Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Polish Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Portuguese Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Russian Бра́йтон-Бич
- Бра́йтон-Бич (Brájton-Bič)neighbourhood of Brooklyn
Slovak Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Spanish Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beachneighbourhood of Brooklyn
Ukrainian Бра́йтон-Біч
- Бра́йтон-Біч (Brájton-Bič)neighbourhood of Brooklyn
Yiddish ברײַטאָן ביטש
- ברײַטאָן ביטש (brayton bitsh)neighbourhood of Brooklyn
Cite this entry
APA
Brighton Beach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brighton%20Beach
MLA
“Brighton Beach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brighton%20Beach. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brighton Beach,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brighton%20Beach.
Source: Brighton Beach on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.