Great Bridge

proper noun

An area of Tipton, Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).

OriginOld English grēot →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An area of Tipton, Sandwell borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).

    They scaled the debris of crumbling breezeblocks […] and found a room, lit by a streetlamp, stripped back all the way to the brick, with the front wall of the building missing, facing Great Bridge.

    2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 71
  2. A community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States, named after the Battle of Great Bridge.

Origin

  1. Old Englishgrēot
  2. EnglishGreat Bridge

In the West Midlands, "Great" comes from Old English grēot.

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APA

Great Bridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Bridge

MLA

“Great Bridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Bridge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Great Bridge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Bridge.

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