# Pontefract

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #66,207

## Definitions
1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4522).

## Etymology
From Latin pons (“bridge”) + Latin fractus (“broken”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pontefract