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Lanford

Lanford proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Lanford

  1. A surname.

Origin of Lanford

From Old English hlynn (“roaring stream”) + ford (“ford”).

Questions about Lanford

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

Words near Lanford in the dictionary

  1. laneway houses
  2. laneways
  3. Laney
  4. Lanfear
  5. Lanfears
  6. Lanford
  7. lang
  8. Lang Belta
  9. Lang Lang
  10. Lang Lang East
  11. lang may yer lum reek

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