Etymology

Abbotsford

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Today it means: A ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, near Melrose Abbey. Full definition →

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Abbotsford · proper noun1

From abbot + -s- + ford.

Abbotsford · proper noun2

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.

Abbotsford · proper noun3

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.

Abbotsford · proper noun4

Named after the ford in Scotland near Melrose Abbey

Abbotsford · proper noun5

From Abbot + -s- + ford.

Abbotsford · proper noun6

From Abbott + -s- + ford.

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