Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanford

/hˈænfɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: han-ford
IPA: /hˈænfɚd/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city, the county seat of Kings County, in central California, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A former small agricultural community located in Benton County, Washington, which was depopulated in 1943 in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8411).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb in south-west Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8742).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Hanfords (plural) Handford (alternative)

Derived Forms

Hanfordite

Rhymes With

stanford sanford cranford branford blanford lanford danford

Questions

How do you pronounce hanford?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈænfɚd/.
What does hanford mean?: A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).
Where does hanford come from?: From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

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