Salford

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Salford

  • /ˈsɒlfərd/

Where it comes from

From Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + ford (“ford”).

proper noun Salfords · Sawford

  1. countable, uncountable A city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8098).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2828).
  3. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: manchester, salfords, eccles, walford, ordsall, cliff, seaford, belfield, salisbury, swinton, bordley, charlestown, pendlebury, southport, malton, winton

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中文索爾福德 /索尔福德 Suǒ'ěrfúdé
РусскийСо́лфорд Sólford

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@misc{salford_2026,
  title = {Salford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}