Westbrook

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/ˈwɛstbɹʊk/

proper noun

A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
    2. A city in Cumberland County, Maine.

      “When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I’d like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825,” LePage said, according to the Press Herald.

      2016 August 26, Tal Kopan and Theodore Schleifer, “Target of explicit LePage voicemail denies calling him a racist”, in CNN
    3. A minor city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota.
    4. A ghost town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
    5. A minor city in Mitchell County, Texas.
  2. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Boxford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4271).
    2. A suburb in Burtonwood and Westbrook parish and Great Sankey parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5790).
    3. A hamlet in Clifford parish, western Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO2843).
    4. A western suburb of Margate, Thanet borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR3370).
    5. A hamlet in Bromham parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9565).
  3. A coastal village in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
  4. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A rural town in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
  6. A suburb of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

From the Old English words for "west brook".

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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