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Abbotsford

Abbotsford proper noun: a ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, near Melrose Abbey.

Proper noun (1)

Abbotsford

  1. A ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, near Melrose Abbey.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Canada Bay council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A hamlet in Burgess Hill parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3020).

Proper noun (2)

Abbotsford

  1. A city and large municipality in Fraser Valley Regional District, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland. See Abbotsford, British Columbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun (3)

Abbotsford

  1. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Proper noun (4)

Abbotsford

  1. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named for an Australian farm named for the ford.

Proper noun (5)

Abbotsford

  1. A suburb, part of Green Island, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named for surveyor Edmund Abbot.

Proper noun (6)

Abbotsford

  1. A city in Wisconsin, United States, named for Wisconsin Central railroad executive Edwin Hale Abbott.
    Synonyms:
    Colby Junction

Abbotsford meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

Abbotsford in Hindi

city in British Columbia, Canada
एबॉट्सफ़ोर्ड ebŏṭsaforḍ

Abbotsford in Urdu

suburb of Sydney in the Canada Bay council area, New South Wales, Australia
ایبٹس فورڈ
hamlet in Burgess Hill, Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England
ایبوٹس فورڈ
city in British Columbia, Canada
ایبٹس فورڈ

Abbotsford in Malayalam

city in British Columbia, Canada
ആബട്സ്ഫോർഡ് ābaṭsphōṟḍŭ

Abbotsford in Punjabi

city in British Columbia, Canada
ਐਬਟਸਫੋਰਡ aibaṭsaphoraḍ
More languagesFewer languages
Abbotsford in Arabic
ْأَبُوتْسْفُرْد ʔabūtsfurd
Abbotsford in Persian
آبتسفورد, ابوتسفورد

Synonyms of Abbotsford

  • Colby Junction

Origin of Abbotsford

From abbot + -s- + ford.

Coined by Royal Engineer John Cunningham Maclure, who settled there in the 1890s. From Abbotsford House and Abbott in combination. Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford, from abbot + -s- + ford. Of Abbott, in Abbott + -s- + ford, from the name of Canadian Pacific Railway superintendant Henry Abbott and Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott. Abbott and Abbotsford House in combination were used as the basis of the name of the Canadian settlement.

Named after Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford.

Words formed from Abbotsford

  • Abbotsford House
  • Abbotsford Club
  • Abbotsfordian
  • Little Abbotsford

Questions about Abbotsford

What does Abbotsford mean?
Abbotsford means a ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, near Melrose Abbey.
What is Abbotsford in Hindi?
Abbotsford in Hindi is एबॉट्सफ़ोर्ड (ebŏṭsaforḍ). See Abbotsford meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Abbotsford?
Abbotsford is a proper noun.

Words near Abbotsford in the dictionary

  1. abbots on the cross
  2. abbots primate
  3. Abbots Ripton
  4. Abbots Worthy
  5. Abbotsbury
  6. Abbotsford
  7. Abbotsfordian
  8. Abbotsfordians
  9. Abbotsham
  10. abbotship
  11. abbotships

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