Bridgetowns

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Multiple towns or places that share the name Bridgetown, including the capital city of Barbados in the Caribbean
2. Several localities bearing the name Bridgetown, among them the seaport capital of the island nation of Barbados
3. Plural name for settlements called Bridgetown, most notably the historic harbour capital of Barbados in the West Indies

Etymology: The capital of Barbados was once called Indian Bridge, after a crossing over the Constitution River that was traditionally said to have been built by the island's earlier inhabitants. The English name Bridgetown is a plain compound of "bridge" and "town," meaning a settlement that grew up around a river crossing. "Bridgetowns" is simply the plural of the common noun, used for the several places that share this name. It is not a separate word with its own history, so the story ends with the name itself.