Hungerford
Hungerford proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).
Proper noun
Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)
- A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).
- A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274).
- A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
- A hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389).
- A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440).
- A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- A township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
- A census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
- A locality situated on the New South Wales-Queensland border, located in the Shire of Bulloo in south-western Queensland and the Bourke council area in north-western New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms of Hungerford
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Origin of Hungerford
From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.
Questions about Hungerford
- What does Hungerford mean?
- Hungerford means a town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).
- What part of speech is Hungerford?
- Hungerford is a proper noun.
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