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Guilford

Guilford proper noun: a surname. Also the misspelling of Guildford.

Proper noun

Guilford (countable and uncountable, plural Guilfords)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in New Haven County, Connecticut.
  3. An unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
  5. A town in Piscataquis County, Maine.
  6. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
  7. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
  8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
  9. A town in Chenango County, New York.
  10. A town in Windham County, Vermont.
  11. A college in Greensboro, North Carolina; in full, Guilford College.
  12. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

Also used as

Guilford is also the misspelling of Guildford.

Forms of Guilford

pluralGuilfords

Origin of Guilford

Presumably a variant of Guildford.

Words formed from Guilford

Questions about Guilford

What does Guilford mean?
Guilford means a surname.
What part of speech is Guilford?
Guilford is a proper noun.

Words near Guilford in the dictionary

  1. guiler
  2. guilers
  3. guilery
  4. guiles
  5. guilesome
  6. Guilford
  7. Guilford County
  8. Guilfordian
  9. Guilfordians
  10. Guilfordite
  11. Guilfordites

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