Stamford

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proper noun

A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).
  3. A hamlet in Rennington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2219)
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

      Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said.

      2023 October 30, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Swastikas found drawn on Connecticut high school campus for second time since Israel-Hamas war ignited, district says”, in CNN
    2. A village in Harlan County, Nebraska.
    3. A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
    4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, South Dakota.
    5. A city in Jones County and Haskell County, Texas.
    6. A town in Bennington County, Vermont.

Origin

An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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