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Guildford.

A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɡɪlfəd/
  1. A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.

  2. A local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.

  3. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

  4. A former railway station in Tasmania, Australia.

  5. A locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.

  6. A town in the Shire of Mount Alexander and the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia

  7. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.

  8. A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

  9. A surname.

Where this word comes from

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.

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