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Stanford

  • /ˈstænfəɹd/ US

Where it comes from

Various placenames from Old English stān (“stone”) + ford (“ford”).

* (The university): Named after the son of railroad magnate Leland Stanford.

proper noun Stanforth

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A private university in Santa Clara County, California. A contingent of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have spurred a rightward shift, leading to the rise of the “Liberaltarian” — a term coined by two Stanford political economists to describe the tech industry’s proclivity toward trumpeting liberalism in some social issues but maintaining antigove
  4. A hamlet in Southill parish, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1641).
  5. A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1238).
  6. A deserted village and civil parish (without a council) in Breckland district, Norfolk (now in a military area) (OS grid ref TL8594).
  7. A hamlet in Alberbury with Cardeston parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3312).
  8. A census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, the location of the eponymous university.
  9. An unincorporated community in Latah County, Idaho.
  10. A village in McLean County, Illinois.
  11. A census-designated place in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
  12. A home rule city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Kentucky.
  13. A township in Isanti County, Minnesota.
  14. A town, the county seat of Judith Basin County, Montana.
  15. A town in Dutchess County, New York.
  16. A small village in the Western Cape province, South Africa.

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Closest in meaning: stanford university, leland, binet, dan, cardinals, california, ifp, harvard, princeton, yale, columbia, mit, berkeley, duke, chicago, ucla

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name surname

日本語スタンフォード Sutanfōdo
中文斯坦福 Sītǎnfú
РусскийСтэ́нфорд Stɛ́nford

name given name

中文斯坦福 Sītǎnfú
РусскийСтэ́нфорд Stɛ́nford

name university

日本語スタンフォード大学 Sutanfōdo daigaku
中文斯坦福大學 /斯坦福大学 Sītǎnfú dàxué, 斯坦福 Sītǎnfú
РусскийСтэ́нфордский университе́т Stɛ́nfordskij universitét, Стэ́нфорд Stɛ́nford

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@misc{stanford_2026,
  title = {Stanford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stanford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}