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Stamford

Stamford proper noun: a town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.

Proper noun

Stamford

  1. A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).
  3. A hamlet in Rennington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2219)
  4. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    • Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said.2023 October 30, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Swastikas found drawn on Connecticut high school campus for second time since Israel-Hamas war ignited, district says”, in CNN
  5. A village in Harlan County, Nebraska.
  6. A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, South Dakota.
  8. A city in Jones County and Haskell County, Texas.
  9. A town in Bennington County, Vermont.

Origin of Stamford

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

Questions about Stamford

What does Stamford mean?
Stamford means a town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.
What part of speech is Stamford?
Stamford is a proper noun.

Words near Stamford in the dictionary

  1. Stamers
  2. Stamets
  3. Stametses
  4. Stamey
  5. Stameys
  6. Stamford
  7. Stamford Bridge
  8. Stamford Brook
  9. Stamford Hill
  10. Stamfordham
  11. stamfort

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