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Bedford en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbɛdfə(ɹ)d/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford. The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Meanings

  1. A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
    • New Zealand Railways Road Services used to operate a large fleet of Bedfords.

Forms

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wikipedia: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

Bedford en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbɛdfə(ɹ)d/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford. The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A market town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A local government district with borough status in Bedfordshire, England.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United Kingdom ▸ A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).
  4. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Iowa.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A small city, the county seat of Trimble County, Kentucky.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Missouri.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Westchester County, New York.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
  12. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough, the county seat of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Tennessee.
  14. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Tarrant County, Texas.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia.
  16. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bedford Township.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in Canada ▸ A district of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  19. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in Canada ▸ A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A number of places in Canada ▸ A city and township in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
  21. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
  22. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia; named after Frederick Bedford.
  23. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A place name: ▸ Ellipsis of Bedford Township
  24. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A place name: ▸ Ellipsis of Bedford County
  25. (countable, uncountable) An English dukedom.
  26. (countable, uncountable) A surname.

Forms

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Deriveds

New Bedford · Bedfordshire · Bedford County · Bedford Township · Bedford Hills · Bedford cord

wikipedia: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford