"Salford" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsɒlfərd/ Forms: Salfords [plural]
Etymology: From Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + ford (“ford”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|sealh||willow, sallow}} Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”), {{m|ang|ford||ford}} ford (“ford”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Salford (countable and uncountable, plural Salfords)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8098).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in England, Cities in Greater Manchester, England, Districts of England, Districts of Greater Manchester, England, Places in England, Places in Greater Manchester, England Translations (city): 索爾福德 (Chinese Mandarin), 索尔福德 (Suǒ'ěrfúdé) (Chinese Mandarin), Со́лфорд (Sólford) [masculine] (Russian), ⁧سالفورڈ⁩ (sālforḍ) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Salford-en-name-lcy0pXNd Disambiguation of 'city': 94 6 0
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2828).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Oxfordshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Oxfordshire, England
    Sense id: en-Salford-en-name-uEpSSsnr
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Salford-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sawford [surname] Derived forms: Salford Priors Related terms: Salfords

Inflected forms

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