Broadwell

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2027).

OriginOld English brād →
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Meanings

proper nounBroadwell (countable and uncountable, plural Broadwells)

plural Broadwells

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2027).
    2. countableuncountableA village in Coleford parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5811).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2503).
    4. countableuncountableA village in Leamington Hastings parish, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4565).
    5. countableuncountableA village in Logan County, Illinois, United States.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbrād“broad”
  2. EnglishBroadwell

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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