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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A placename:; A place in England:; A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A placename:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274). countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A placename:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A placename:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389). countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A placename:; A place in England:; A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440). countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   A placename:; A settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
7. 7
   A placename:; A township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
8. 8
   A placename:; A census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford. countable, uncountable
9. 9
   A placename:; A locality situated on the New South Wales-Queensland border, located in the Shire of Bulloo in south-western Queensland and the Bourke council area in north-western New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford. countable, uncountable
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    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

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