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Longford en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɑŋfɚd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈlɔŋfɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlɒŋfəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old English lang (“long”), definite form langa + ford.

Meanings

  1. A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).
  2. A number of places in England: ▸ A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, next to Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8320).
  3. A number of places in England: ▸ A small village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, formerly in Middlesex, on the north side of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0576).
  4. A number of places in England: ▸ The Longford River, a man-made river in Greater London, flowing from the Colne at Longford to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace.
  5. A number of places in England: ▸ A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).
  6. A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  7. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Longford en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɑŋfɚd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈlɔŋfɚd/ (General-American)
  • /ˈlɒŋfəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Irish an Longfort (literally “the camp, the stronghold”), anglicized to be identical to Etymology 1.

Meanings

  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A town, the county town of County Longford, Ireland.
  3. An earldom in the Peerage of Ireland.

Translations (7)

ga an Longfort (county in the Republic of Ireland) · mk Лонгфорд (town in County Longford) · mk Лонгфорд (county in the Republic of Ireland) · ga an Longfort (town in County Longford) · ru Ло́нгфорд (town in County Longford) · ga Contae an Longfoirt (county in the Republic of Ireland) · ru Ло́нгфорд (county in the Republic of Ireland)