English Explanatory Dictionary

Hartford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England, from variants of Hertford:
  2. An eastern suburb of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2573).
  3. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6372).
  4. A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9529).
  5. A habitational surname from Old English from these places.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A city in Geneva County, Alabama.
  8. A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
  9. The capital city of Connecticut, located in Hartford County.
  10. An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Georgia.
  11. A village in Madison County, Illinois.
  12. A city in Warren County, Iowa.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑɹtfɚd/ /hɑːtfəd/

Word forms

Hartford

Etymology

# For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Hereford (“army ford”), from here (“army”) + ford. # For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.

Derived words

East Hartford Hartford City Hartford County Hartford fern New Hartford West Hartford
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