Brandywine is a pun on brandy and wine

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anglicized name fictional river name pun

Brandywine is the humorous, anglicized name given to the river Baranduin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, playing on the English words “brandy” and “wine.”

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Brandywine	0

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anglicized name ⓘ fictional river name ⓘ pun ⓘ
alsoCalled	Brandywine River NERFINISHED ⓘ
anglicizes	Baranduin NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInFictionalUniverse	Legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInWorkOf	J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Buckland NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
derivesFrom	Sindarin name Baranduin ⓘ
etymologicalForm	humorous anglicization of Baranduin ⓘ
fictionalLocationType	river ⓘ
hasConnotation	alcohol ⓘ
humorousUse	yes ⓘ
inUniverseRole	major river east of the Shire ⓘ
isPunOn	brandy ⓘ wine ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	literature ⓘ
nameType	toponym ⓘ
refersTo	Baranduin NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Hobbits ⓘ
usedInWork	The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
wordplayType	bilingual pun ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baranduin → linguisticNote → Brandywine is a pun on brandy and wine ⓘ