Guildford
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English
Etymology
The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Guildford
- A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.
- A local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A former railway station in Tasmania, Australia.
- A small settlement in Victoria, Australia.
- A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
- A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.