Orford en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔɹfɚd/ (General-American)
- /ˈɔːfəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
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(countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499).
Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.
2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian:
- (countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
- (countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia.
- (countable, uncountable) A number of places: ▸ A town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
- (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orfords | Number=Plur | lexicographic |