Bend

See also: bend

English

Etymology

Most places get their name from bends in rivers.

Proper noun

Bend

1. A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line.
2. A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.
   • 2025 January 23, John Branch, “Revenge of the Ski Bums”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Many locals thought doing so contradicted the democratic spirit of skiing, where strangers sharing a lift chair might include both billionaires with second homes in Bend and ski bums living in vans.

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5. An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Lampasas County and San Saba County, Texas, United States.
7. A surname.

Derived terms

• East Bend

Anagrams

• D. Neb.