ord

Meanings

1. Abbreviation of order.
2. Abbreviation of ordinance.
3. Clipping of ordinary share.

1. A point.
2. A point of origin; a beginning.
3. A point of land; a promontory.
4. The point or edge of a weapon.

1. A surname.
2. A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
3. Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.
4. A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.
5. A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic An t-Òrd.
6. A settlement next to Invergordon, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7170).
7. A river in Western Australia.

1. Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes his service.

Etymology

From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz). Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.