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Brattleboro

Brattleboro

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A town in the southeast of Vermont on the Connecticut River
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbrætəlˌbɜːroʊ/
: Brattleboro
  • But the nearest community is not in New Hampshire; it's Brattleboro, Vermont.

Examples

  • "I think it has been a tremendous help for breeding purposes," says Irma Robertson, who is executive director of quality assurance for the U.S. Holstein Association in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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  • Don't neglect to spend some time meandering the vibrant Main St. of Brattleboro.

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  • We loved the Farmers Market in Brattleboro on Saturday morning when we visited in May.

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  • The Brattleboro Retreat is a centerpiece of the Shumlin plan.

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  • Peter Yost is the Director of Residential Services for BuildingGreen, LLC in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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  • The Vermont Bookshelf will be on display at the Brattleboro Literary Festival on Oct 13-14 in the River Garden.

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  • She spoke in April 2009, in Brattleboro, Vermont, near the decrepit Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

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  • If you don't mind going a bit farther afield, a lovely hour's drive from Brattleboro into New Hampshire reaps great reward: real-live Corgiville!

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  • When she looks up again, she has left the buildings of Brattleboro behind.

  • Blanche Moyse lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she raised four children.

Surface Forms

Etymology

Brattleboro comes from a person's name and an old word for a town. It was named for a man called Brattle, and the ending -boro comes from borough, which means 'town', so Brattleboro is 'Brattle's town'.