Guildford

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Guildford

/ˈɡɪlfəd/

Rhymes with -ɪlfə(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

proper noun

A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.
A local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
A former railway station in Tasmania, Australia.
A locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
A town in the Shire of Mount Alexander and the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia
A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bars, guilford, guildfordian, woking, egham, godalming, surrey, esher, reigate, dorking, leatherhead, croydon, surry, albury, york town, walton-on-thames

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"Guildford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guildford. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Guildford. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guildford

Chicago

"Guildford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guildford.

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@misc{guildford_2026,
  title = {Guildford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guildford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}