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bayford

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
bay-ford
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3108).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A large hamlet near Wincanton in Stoke Trister parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7229).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Bōia + ford (“ford”). In Hertfordshire, recorded as Begesford 1086 (Domesday Book), and Begeford in 1090; the ford of a man called Bǣga.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Bayfords (plural)

Questions

What does bayford mean?
A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3108).
Where does bayford come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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