Langford

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840).

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper nounLangford (countable and uncountable, plural Langfords)

plural Langfords

  1. The name of five villages in England:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL838089).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Ickburgh parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8396).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8258).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2402).
  2. countableuncountableA city in British Columbia, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford.
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Erie County, New York.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Marshall County, South Dakota.
  5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

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Origin

  1. Old Englishlang“long”
  2. 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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APA

Langford. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langford

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Langford,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Langford.

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