Orford

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UK/ˈɔːfəd/US/ˈɔɹfɚd/

proper noun

A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounOrford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

plural Orfords

  1. A number of places:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499).

      Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.

      2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian
    3. countableuncountableA township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
    4. countableuncountableA former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    5. countableuncountableA town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
    6. countableuncountableA coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia.
    7. countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishōra“bank, shore”
  2. EnglishOrford

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

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APA

Orford. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orford

MLA

“Orford.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orford. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Orford,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orford.

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