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Ordway

Ordway proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Ordway (countable and uncountable, plural Ordways)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A statutory town, the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.

Forms of Ordway

pluralOrdways
alternative formOrdiway

Origin of Ordway

From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

Questions about Ordway

What does Ordway mean?
Ordway means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Ordway?
Ordway is a proper noun.

Words near Ordway in the dictionary

  1. Orduna
  2. Ordunas
  3. ordure
  4. ordures
  5. ordurous
  6. Ordway
  7. Ordways
  8. Ordzhonikidze
  9. ore
  10. ore belt
  11. ore belts

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