Danbury

(danber′ē, -bər ē)

city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000

Origin: after Danbury (orig. Danebury, “camp of the Danes”), town in SE England

See Danbury in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of southwest Connecticut northwest of Bridgeport. Settled in 1685, it was largely destroyed by the British in 1777 during the American Revolution. Population: 79,300.
link/cite print suggestion box