English Explanatory Dictionary

Hereford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140).
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A locality in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Frank Hereford.
  4. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
  5. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  6. An extinct town in Grant County, Minnesota, named for Hereford cattle.
  7. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
  8. An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, supposedly named for a Hereford bull.
  9. A township and census-designated place therein, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  10. An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, named for Hereford cattle.
  11. A city, the county seat of Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States, named for Hereford cattle raised there.
  12. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
noun
  1. A cow of the Hereford breed.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛɹɨfəd/ /ˈhɝfɚd/ En-uk-Hereford.ogg

Word forms

Hereford Herefords

Etymology

From Middle English Hereford, from Old English Hereford, from Old English here (“army”) + ford (“ford”). Compare Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Derived words

Hereford and Worcester Hereford disease Hereford Hall Little Hereford

Translations

Arabic: هيرفورد Armenian: Հերերֆորդ Bulgarian: Херефорд Chinese Cantonese: 禧福 Chinese Mandarin: 赫里福德 Finnish: Hereford French: Hereford Hebrew: הרפורד Japanese: ヘレフォード Korean: 헤리퍼드 Latin: Herefordia Lithuanian: Herefordas Marathi: हेरेफर्ड Mazanderani: هرفورد Persian: هرفورد Punjabi: ہیریفورڈ Russian: Хе́рефорд Thai: เฮริฟอร์ด Ukrainian: Герефорд Welsh: Henffordd
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