Abbotsford
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Abbotsford¹
- /ˈæbətsfə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
From abbot + -s- + ford.
proper noun
- A ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, near Melrose Abbey.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Canada Bay council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A hamlet in Burgess Hill parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3020).
Abbotsford²
- /ˈæbətsfə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
Coined by Royal Engineer John Cunningham Maclure, who settled there in the 1890s. From Abbotsford House and Abbott in combination. Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford, from abbot + -s- + ford. Of Abbott, in Abbott + -s- + ford, from the name of Canadian Pacific Railway superintendant Henry Abbott and Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott. Abbott and Abbotsford House in combination were used as the basis of the name of the Canadian settlement.
proper noun
- A city and large municipality in Fraser Valley Regional District, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland. See Abbotsford, British Columbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Abbotsford³
- /ˈæbətsfə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
Named after Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford.
proper noun
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Abbotsford⁴
- /ˈæbətsfə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
Named after the ford in Scotland near Melrose Abbey
proper noun
- A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named for an Australian farm named for the ford.
Abbotsford⁵
- /ˈæbətsfə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
From Abbot + -s- + ford.
proper noun
- A suburb, part of Green Island, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named for surveyor Edmund Abbot.
Abbotsford⁶
- /ˈæbətsfə(ɹ)d/
Where it comes from
From Abbott + -s- + ford.
proper noun
-
A city in Wisconsin, United States, named for Wisconsin Central railroad executive Edwin Hale Abbott.
Similar: Colby Junction
Translations
Every language
name city in British Columbia, Canada
| Español | Abbotsford |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 애버츠퍼드 aebeocheupeodeu |
| 日本語 | アボッツフォード |
| 中文 | 打布佛 |
| हिन्दी | एबॉट्सफ़ोर्ड ebŏṭsaforḍ |
| Français | Abbotsford |
| Ελληνικά | Άμποτσφορντ Ámpotsfornt |
| Русский | Абботсфорд Abbotsford |
| العربية | ْأَبُوتْسْفُرْد ʔabūtsfurd |
| עברית | אבוטספורד |
Talk about this word "Abbotsford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abbotsford. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Abbotsford. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abbotsford "Abbotsford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abbotsford.Cite this
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title = {Abbotsford},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abbotsford},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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