Longford
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋfɚd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒŋfəd/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋfɚd/
Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Longford
- A number of places in England:
- A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).
- A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, next to Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8320).
- A small village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, formerly in Middlesex, on the north side of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0576).
- The Longford River, a man-made river in Greater London, flowing from the Colne at Longford to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace.
- A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).
Etymology 2
[edit]From Irish an Longfort (literally “the camp, the stronghold”), anglicized to be identical to Etymology 1.
Proper noun
[edit]Longford
- A county of Ireland.
- A town, the county town of County Longford, Ireland.
- An earldom in the Peerage of Ireland.
Translations
[edit]county in the Republic of Ireland
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