Brighton

[ brahyt-n ]

/ ˈbraɪt n /

noun

a city in East Sussex, in SE England: seashore resort.

a city near Melbourne in S Victoria, in SE Australia.

a town in central Colorado.

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Words nearby Brighton

bright idea, bright lights, brightline, brightline spectrum, brightness, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, brights, Bright's disease, bright side, bright wool

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When we moved to Brighton Beach, I was 13 and a half and only a few houses away lived the one and only Buddy Rich.
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And there may be no better place in the U.S. to experience that side of Russia than Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, NY.
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In fact, the Brighton branch is being set up by Anita and Stuart Balkham, a married couple who live in Sussex.
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Menkes was born in 1943 to a Jewish lawyer father and mother and raised in the countryside in Brighton, England.
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But Club Versailles in Brighton Beach was just Michael Jackson, bright lights, and a smoke machine.
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One morning—I was playing at Brighton—at breakfast I had three telegrams in succession.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894|Various
Get Morton to put my things together, and join me with the car at Brighton on the day after to-morrow.
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"The Brighton tradition" was not a mere phrase in her mother's mouth.
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After all, 'twas but Brighton beach without the bathing-gowns.
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On his flying visits to Brighton he would always walk hand in hand with her.
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British Dictionary definitions for Brighton

Brighton

/ (ˈbraɪtən) /

noun

a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)

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