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🇺🇸 A town in Maine 🇩🇪 A city in Germany
Brunswick

Brunswick

13 5.8
A town in southwest Maine by the coast, home to Bowdoin College
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbrʌnzwɪk/
: Brunswick (Maine)
  • During the summer, I visited Brunswick, a charming town in southwestern Maine, to explore Bowdoin College.
  • New Brunswick
  • Brunswick, NJ
  • Brunswick, N.J.

Examples

  • And we have one here from Laurie Bozeman, who's the owner operator at Little Sprouts Daycare in Brunswick, ME.

  • The Miramichi region of northeastern New Brunswick, Canada, is a complex and diverse community and ecosystem.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Then come with me to New Brunswick and see for yourself.

    1776 (1972)

  • It's Brunswick I want, anyway.

    Coffy (1973)

  • Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

    Carry-On (2024)

  • I have an aunt who lives in New Brunswick.

    1776 (1972)

  • Mary Ross would return to Brunswick due to her sister's illness in 1956.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Lacey J. from New Brunswick, New Jersey!

    I Feel Pretty (2018)

  • We've gone a long way with you, Brunswick.

    Coffy (1973)

  • Mr. Cotton obtained his LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick and his LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School.

    Academic text (1995)

Compounds

Brunswick stew
  • US
1 6.1

A spicy Southern stew made with chicken, corn, tomatoes, beans, okra, onions, and potatoes

Surface Forms

Brunswick main

Etymology

Brunswick (Maine) gets its name from the German city Braunschweig, and that name is made of the personal name Bruno and the old part -wick meaning 'settlement'. So Brunswick basically means 'Bruno's settlement', and the American town was named after that place or its ruling family.