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Byford

Byford proper noun: a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).

Proper noun

Byford (countable and uncountable, plural Byfords)

  1. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Byford

pluralByfords

Origin of Byford

From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".

Questions about Byford

What does Byford mean?
Byford means a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942).
What part of speech is Byford?
Byford is a proper noun.

Words near Byford in the dictionary

  1. Byfield
  2. Byfields
  3. Byfleet
  4. byflow
  5. byflows
  6. Byford
  7. Byfords
  8. byform
  9. byforms
  10. bygan
  11. Byglandsfjord

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