Meanings
plural Langfords
- The name of five villages in England:
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL838089).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8258).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2402).
- countableuncountableA city in British Columbia, Canada.
- countableuncountableA former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford.
- A place in the United States:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Erie County, New York.
- countableuncountableA town in Marshall County, South Dakota.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
The Auschwitz Memorial Museum slammed Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California, after his antisemitic remarks, calling out his actions as a “profound moral failure.”
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Origin
- Old Englishlang“long”
- EnglishLangford
Two main origins: * From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”). * The village in Nottinghamshire may derived from an Old English personal name *Landa + ford.
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Cite this entry
Langford. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langford
“Langford.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langford. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Langford,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langford.
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