English Explanatory Dictionary

Hungerford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A place in England:
  3. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).
  4. A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274).
  5. A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
  6. A hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389).
  7. A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440).
  8. A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
  9. A township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
  10. A census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
  11. A locality situated on the New South Wales-Queensland border, located in the Shire of Bulloo in south-western Queensland and the Bourke council area in north-western New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
  12. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Hungerford Hungerfords

Etymology

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

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