Orford

//ˈɔːfəd// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places:; A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places:; A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499). countable, uncountable

    "Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing."

  3. 3
    A number of places:; A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places:; A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places:; A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places:; A coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places:; A town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

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"Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing."

Etymology

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

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