Waterford

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A city in County Waterford, Munster, Ireland.
  2. 2
    A county of Ireland; see Wikipedia:County Waterford.
  3. 3
    A village in Stapleford parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3114).
  4. 4
    A suburb of Logan, Queensland, Australia.
  5. 5
    A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
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    A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  2. 7
    A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. 8
    A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. 9
    A neighbourhood of Portmore, Jamaica.
  5. 10
    A suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
  6. 11
    The name of several places in the United States:; A city in Stanislaus County, California.
  7. 12
    The name of several places in the United States:; A town in New London County, Connecticut.
  8. 13
    The name of several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
  9. 14
    The name of several places in the United States:; A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  10. 15
    The name of several places in the United States:; A township in Camden County, New Jersey.
  11. 16
    The name of several places in the United States:; A town and village in Saratoga County, New York.
  12. 17
    The name of several places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
  13. 18
    The name of several places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Washington County, Ohio.
  14. 19
    The name of several places in the United States:; A borough of Erie County, Pennsylvania.
  15. 20
    The name of several places in the United States:; A village split between Providence County, Rhode Island, and Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  16. 21
    The name of several places in the United States:; A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
  17. 22
    The name of several places in the United States:; An unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia.
  18. 23
    The name of several places in the United States:; A town and village in Racine County, Wisconsin.

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"The ball is covered with 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles which are illuminated from within by more than 2,000 LED lights."

Etymology

From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”). The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.

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