English Explanatory Dictionary

Waterford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in County Waterford, Munster, Ireland.
  2. A county of Ireland; see Wikipedia:County Waterford.
  3. A village in Stapleford parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3114).
  4. A suburb of Logan, Queensland, Australia.
  5. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  6. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  7. A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  8. A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
  9. A neighbourhood of Portmore, Jamaica.
  10. A suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
  11. The name of several places in the United States:
  12. A city in Stanislaus County, California.

Word forms

Waterford

Etymology

From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”). The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.

Derived words

Waterford Crystal Waterford Park

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 沃特福德 German: Waterford Irish: Port Láirge Irish: Contae Phort Láirge Marathi: वॉटरफर्ड Old Norse: Veðrafjǫrðr
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