Meanings
plural Fairfields
- A number of places in Australia:
- countableuncountableA local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Fairfield City Council.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and the Fairfield council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableA suburb in north-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- A number of places in England:
- countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Buxton, High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK0673).
- countableuncountableA suburb in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4119).
- countableuncountableA suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8211).
- countableuncountableA suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9097).
- countableuncountableA village in Belbroughton parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9475).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Evesham, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0342).
- countableuncountableA settlement next to Wolverley in Wolverley and Cookley parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8279).
- A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Solano County, California.
The cities of Davis, Vacaville, and Fairfield also bans the sale and use of all fireworks.
2026 June 28, Jeremiah Martinez, “Northern California communities that allow, prohibit use of fireworks”, in KCRA - countableuncountableA town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Camas County, Idaho.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa.
- countableuncountableA town in Somerset County, Maine.
- countableuncountableA township in Essex County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableA borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Freestone County, Texas.
- countableuncountableA number of other townships in the United States, listed under Fairfield Township.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishfæġer“beautiful, fair”
- EnglishFairfield
From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to fair + field.
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Fairfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fairfield
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