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English
Etymology
From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.
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Waterford
- A city in County Waterford, Munster, Ireland.
- A county of Ireland; see Wikipedia:County Waterford.
- A village in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3114).
- A suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Portmore, Jamaica.
- A suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
- The name of several places in the United States:
- A city in Stanislaus County, California.
- A town in New London County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
- A town in Oxford County, Maine.
- A town and village in Saratoga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Washington County, Ohio.
- A borough of Erie County, Pennsylvania.
- A village split between Providence County, Rhode Island, and Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia.
- A town and village in Racine County, Wisconsin.
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