Seaford

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proper noun

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

OriginMiddle English Seford ← Old English *Sǣford →
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Meanings

proper nounSeaford (countable and uncountable, plural Seafords)

plural Seafords · alternative Safford

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
    2. countableuncountableA suburb of Adelaide in the City of Onkaparinga, South Australia.
    3. countableuncountableA coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV4899).
    4. countableuncountableA city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
    5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsǣ“sea”
  2. Old English*Sǣford
  3. Middle EnglishSeford
  4. EnglishSeaford

Inherited from Middle English Seford, Sevord, from Old English *Sǣford, from Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.

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APA

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

MLA

“Seaford.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seaford. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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