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Sanford

US/ˈsænfɚd/

Sanford proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Sanford

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • “Sanford Finkelstein,” Danielle repeats. “Listen, isn't he the one that ostrich is based on, in your books?”
    • “Well, I suppose in a way.” Erica smiles. “It was the name mostly. Sanford seemed like a good name for an ostrich.”1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media, published 2012, →ISBN
  3. An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada.
  4. A small town in Covington County, Alabama.
  5. A small statutory town in Conejos County, Colorado.
  6. A sizable city, the county seat of Seminole County, Florida.
  7. An unincorporated community in Stewart County, Georgia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Pawnee County, Kansas.
  9. A city in York County, Maine.
  10. A village in Midland County, Michigan.
  11. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Mississippi.
  12. A town in Broome County, New York.
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  1. A city, the county seat of Lee County, North Carolina.
  2. A small town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
  3. A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.

Origin of Sanford

Reduced variant of Sandford.

Words formed from Sanford

Questions about Sanford

What does Sanford mean?
Sanford means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Sanford?
Sanford is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sanford?
Sanford is pronounced /ˈsænfɚd/ (US).

Words near Sanford in the dictionary

  1. Sanfilippo syndrome
  2. Sanfilippos
  3. SANFL
  4. sanfoin
  5. sanfoins
  6. Sanford
  7. Sanford's brown
  8. Sanford's brown lemur
  9. Sanford's lemur
  10. sanforization
  11. sanforize

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