Bristol (disambiguation)
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Bristol is a city and county in England, but may also refer to:
[edit] Terms where Bristol refers to the English city
[edit] Places
- The Bristol Channel, a body of water between England and Wales
- Port of Bristol, the commercial and formerly commercial docks in Bristol, Avonmouth and Portbury
- Bristol Harbour, the floating harbour in the centre of the city
- Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum
- Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
- Bristol Old Vic, a theatre complex
- Bristol Zoo, the world's oldest provincial zoo
[edit] Transport
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Bristol cars, an offshoot of Bristol Aeroplane Company independent since 1960
- Bristol buses, formerly manufactured by Bristol Tramways
- Bristol Omnibus Company, once the main bus operator in Bristol, Gloucestershire and parts of Somerset and Wiltshire
- Bristol International Airport
[edit] Sports
- Bristol Rovers F.C., a football club
- Bristol Academy W.F.C., a women's football club
- Bristol City F.C., a football club
- Bristol Rugby
- Bristol Sonics, a rugby league team
[edit] Other
- The University of Bristol
- Diocese of Bristol, a Church of England diocese covering the city
- Bristol Castle, a Norman castle whose remains can be seen in the city
- Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, the largest ballooning event in Europe
- Bristol Observer, a free weekly newspaper
- Bristol Water, a commercial company
[edit] Towns and cities in the United States
- Bristol, Colorado
- Bristol, Connecticut
- Bristol, Florida
- Bristol, Illinois
- Bristol, Indiana
- Bristol, Maine
- Bristol, Maryland
- Bristol, New Hampshire
- Bristol, New York
- Bristol, Pennsylvania
- Bristol, Rhode Island
- Bristol, South Dakota
- Bristol, Tennessee
- Bristol, Texas
- Bristol, Vermont
- Bristol, Virginia
- Bristol, Washington
- Bristol, Wisconsin (several)
- Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Bristol County, Rhode Island
- Bristol Township, Minnesota
- Bristol Township, Pennsylvania
[edit] Other things in the United States
- Bristol Bay (north of the Aleutian Islands)
- Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol, Tennessee
- Bristol Mountain, a ski resort in the Finger Lakes region of New York State
- The Bristol Mountains, in San Bernardino County, California
- The Bristol Renaissance Faire, an entertainment theme park near Bristol, Wisconsin
- Bristol Southside, a condominium development in Birmingham, Alabama
[edit] Places in other countries
- Bristol Beach, Argentina
- Bristol, Quebec, Canada
- Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada
- Bristol Island, of the South Sandwich Islands
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Marquess of Bristol, English aristocratic title held by the Hervey family
- Bristol blue glass, glass in a distinctive cobalt blue colour
- Bristol (solitaire), a one-player, one-deck card game
- Bristol board, a kind of stiff card used mainly for technical drawing
- Bristol Cream, a Spanish sherry bottled in Bristol, England
- Bristol Paint, an Australian decorating supplies company
- "The Bristol Stomp", a 1961 song by the Dovells
- Bristol Stool Scale, a classification chart determining forms of faeces
- The Bristol Wrench, a driver for Bristol spline drive fasteners
- "Bristols", Cockney rhyming slang for breasts
- USS Bristol (DD-453), a class of U.S. ship, namely destroyers
- HMS Bristol, the name of six British warships
- Bristol class, a design within the Royal Navy Town class cruiser (1910)
- Hotel Bristol, the many hotels of this name
- Bristol (software), a software synthesiser

