Longford

//ˈlɔŋfɚd// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).
  2. 2
    A county of Ireland.
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, next to Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8320).
  4. 4
    A town, the county town of County Longford, Ireland.
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A small village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, formerly in Middlesex, on the north side of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0576).
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  1. 6
    An earldom in the Peerage of Ireland.
  2. 7
    A number of places in England:; The Longford River, a man-made river in Greater London, flowing from the Colne at Longford to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace.
  3. 8
    A number of places in England:; A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).
  4. 9
    A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  5. 10
    A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English lang (“long”), definite form langa + ford.

Etymology 2

From Irish an Longfort (literally “the camp, the stronghold”), anglicized to be identical to Etymology 1.

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greater londonrepublic of ireland

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