Orford

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Orford

/ˈɔːfəd/ UK
/ˈɔɹfɚd/ US

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Orfords

countable, uncountable A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499). 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.
countable, uncountable A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
countable, uncountable A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
countable, uncountable A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
countable, uncountable A coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia.
countable, uncountable A town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Orford." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/orford. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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@misc{orford_2026,
  title = {Orford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/orford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}