Stourbridge

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A town in the West Midlands of England, known for its glassmaking heritage ; a medieval trade fair once held on the outskirts of Cambridge
2. A market town in the English West Midlands with a long industrial history ; a major medieval fair that drew merchants to the edge of Cambridge
3. An English town in the West Midlands region noted for glass production ; a historic annual trading event held near Cambridge in the Middle Ages

Etymology: Stourbridge is a place name rather than a common word: it is the name of a town in the West Midlands of England, and the name is built plainly from two English parts. The first element is the River Stour, the name of the local watercourse, and the second is "bridge," the ordinary word for a structure carrying a road or path across water. The town's name therefore records a crossing of the river at that spot, and it follows the same pattern as many English settlements named for a river and the bridge that served it.