waterford
/wˈɔtɚfɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A village in Stapleford parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3114).
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A suburb of Logan, Queensland, Australia.
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A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
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A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology
From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”). The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Veðrafjǫrðr