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Duxford

Duxford proper noun: a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).

Proper noun

Duxford

  1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).
  2. A hamlet in Hinton Waldrist parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3699).

Origin of Duxford

From Old English personal name *Ducc, in the genitive singular *Ducces + worþ (“enclosure”), thus "Duxwurth". The worth element was later reanalysed as forth, leading to "Duxforth". This later became the ford of its present form.

Questions about Duxford

What does Duxford mean?
Duxford means a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).
What part of speech is Duxford?
Duxford is a proper noun.

Words near Duxford in the dictionary

  1. Duxbury
  2. Duxburys
  3. duxelle
  4. duxelles
  5. duxes
  6. Duxford
  7. Duyan-duyan
  8. duyker
  9. duykerbok
  10. duykerboks
  11. duykers

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