Bronte
See also: Brontë
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).
Proper noun edit
Bronte
- (Greek mythology) One of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts.
- (Greek mythology) The goddess personifying thunder.
- An English dukedom.
- A surname.
- A place name:
- A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy, origin of the title Duke of Bronte.
- A community in the town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Coke County, Texas, United States, named after Charlotte Brontë.
- A coastal locality in Tasman district, New Zealand, named after the Duke of Bronte. [1]
- A coastal suburb of Sydney in Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after Bronte House, from the Duke of Bronte.