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Fairfield

Fairfield proper noun: a local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council.

Proper noun

Fairfield (countable and uncountable, plural Fairfields)

  1. A local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and the Fairfield council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A suburb in north-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. An eastern suburb of Buxton, High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK0673).
  5. A suburb in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4119).
  6. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8211).
  7. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9097).
  8. A village in Belbroughton parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9475).
  9. A suburb of Evesham, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0342).
  10. A settlement next to Wolverley in Wolverley and Cookley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8279).
  11. A city, the county seat of Solano County, California.
    • The cities of Davis, Vacaville, and Fairfield also bans the sale and use of all fireworks.2026 June 28, Jeremiah Martinez, “Northern California communities that allow, prohibit use of fireworks”, in KCRA
  12. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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  1. A small city, the county seat of Camas County, Idaho.
  2. A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa.
  4. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
  5. A township in Essex County, New Jersey.
  6. A borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A city, the county seat of Freestone County, Texas.
  8. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Fairfield Township.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Fairfield

pluralFairfields

Origin of Fairfield

From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to fair + field.

Words formed from Fairfield

Questions about Fairfield

What does Fairfield mean?
Fairfield means a local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council.
What part of speech is Fairfield?
Fairfield is a proper noun.

Words near Fairfield in the dictionary

  1. Fairey-Youngman flap
  2. Faireys
  3. Fairfax
  4. Fairfax County
  5. Fairfaxian
  6. Fairfield
  7. Fairfield Center
  8. Fairfield County
  9. Fairfield East
  10. Fairfield Heights
  11. Fairfield West

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