Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Nearby Words

brandon

 - 3 dictionary results

Bran⋅don

  [bran-duhn]
Use brandon in a Sentence
–noun
1. a city in SW Manitoba, in S central Canada. 34,901.
2. a male given name.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To brandon
Bran·don   (brān'dən)   

  1. A city of southwest Manitoba, Canada, on the Assiniboine River west of Winnipeg. It is an industrial and transportation center. Population: 41,500.

  2. An unincorporated village of west-central Florida, a residential suburb of Tampa. Population: 77,800.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia

Brandon

city, southwestern Manitoba, Canada, lying on the Assiniboine River, 131 miles (211 km) west of Winnipeg. It was founded after the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1881) near a Hudson's Bay Company trading post, Brandon House, that had been named for Douglas, Duke of Brandon, a company shareholder. Located on the Trans-Canada Highway and two transcontinental railroads, the city is now an important transportation centre. Known as the "Wheat City of Canada," it serves as a marketing and distribution centre for a rich grain-producing area and processes flour, meat, fertilizers, chemicals, and petroleum products. Brandon is the site of Brandon University (1899), Assiniboine Community College, and a government agricultural research farm. It is a tourist hub for Riding Mountain National Park to the north and Spruce Woods Provincial Park to the southeast. Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, with the International Peace Garden (partly in the United States), is to the south. Annual events include the Royal Winter Fair and the Manitoba Provincial Exhibition. Inc. 1882. Pop. (1991) 38,567.

Learn more about Brandon with a free trial on Britannica.com.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see brandon on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way