a ford; _e.g._ Brod and Brody (at the ford), the name of several towns in Moravia, Bohemia, Hungary, and Turkey; Brod-sack (ford dwelling); Brod-Ungarisch (the Hungarian ford), on the Olsawa; Brod-Deutsch (the German ford), on the Sasawa; Brod-Bohmisch (the Bohemian ford), on the Zembera; Krasnabrod (beautiful ford); Eisenbrod (the ford of the Iser); Brodkowitz (ford station). [Sidenote: BROEK, BRUOCH (Teut.),] a marsh; _e.g._ Broek, a town in Holland; Bogen-brok (the bending marsh); Breiden-bruch (the broad marsh); Aalten-broek (the old marsh); Eichen-bruch (the oak marsh); Broekem and Broickhausen (marsh dwelling); Bruchmühle (the mill on the marsh); Brussels or Bruxelles, anc. _Bruoch-sella_ (the seat or site on the marsh); Oberbruch and Niederbruch (upper and lower marsh). [Sidenote: BROG (Sclav.), BROW,] a dam; _e.g._ Biesenbrow and Priebrow, from _Pschibrog_ (elder-tree dam), by the Germans called _Furstenberg_, on the Oder; Colberg, Sclav. _Kola-brog_ (around the dam). [Sidenote: BRON (Welsh),] the slope or side of a hill; _e.g._ Brongest (the slope of the _cest_ or deep glen); Bronwydd (the slope covered with trees); _Wydd_, in Wales. [Sidenote: BRÜCKE (Ger.), BRIGGE (A.S.), BRO, BRU (Scand.),] a bridge; _e.g._ Brugg-Furstenfeld (the bridge at the prince’s field); Brugg-an-der-Leitha (the bridge across the Leitha); Brugg-kloster (the bridge at the monastery); Langenbrück, Langenbrücken (long bridge); Bruges, in Belgium (a city with many bridges); Saarbrook (on the R. Saar); Osnaburg, in Hanover, anc. _Osnabrücke_ or _Asenbrücke_ (the bridge on the R. Ase); Voklabrück (on the R. Vökle); Bruchsal, in Baden (the bridge on the Salzbach); Zweibrücken or Deux-ponts (the two bridges); Zerbruggen (at the bridge). In England: Bridgenorth, anc. _Brugge-Morfe_ (the bridge at the wood called Morfe, on the opposite bank of the Severn); Brixham, Brixworth, and Brigham (bridge town); Brixton, A.S. _Brixges-stan_ (the bridge stone); Cambridge, Cel. _Caer-Grant_ (the fort and bridge on the R. Granta, now the Cam); Tunbridge (over the R. Tun or Ton), a branch of the Medway; Colebrook, in Bucks (the bridge over the R. Cole); Oxbridge (the bridge over the water, _uisge_); Staley-bridge (at a bridge over the R. Tame), named after the Staveleigh, a family who resided there; Bridgewater, corrupt. from _Burgh-Walter_ (the town of Walter Douay, its founder); Bridgend and Brigham, villages in different parts of Scotland; Brora (bridge river), in Sutherlandshire, named when bridges were rarities; Trowbridge, however, did not get its name from this root, but is a corrupt. of its ancient name, _Trutha-burh_ (the loyal town). [Sidenote: BRÜEL (Teut.), BRÜHL,]