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Waterford.

A city in County Waterford, Munster, Ireland.

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  1. A city in County Waterford, Munster, Ireland.

  2. A county of Ireland; see Wikipedia:County Waterford.

  3. A village in Stapleford parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3114).

  4. A suburb of Logan, Queensland, Australia.

  5. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

  6. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

  7. A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  8. A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

  9. A neighbourhood of Portmore, Jamaica.

  10. A suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

  11. The name of several places in the United States: A city in Stanislaus County, California.

  12. The name of several places in the United States: A town in New London County, Connecticut.

  13. The name of several places in the United States: An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.

  14. The name of several places in the United States: A town in Oxford County, Maine.

  15. The name of several places in the United States: A township in Camden County, New Jersey.

  16. The name of several places in the United States: A town and village in Saratoga County, New York.

  17. The name of several places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.

  18. The name of several places in the United States: A census-designated place in Washington County, Ohio.

  19. The name of several places in the United States: A borough of Erie County, Pennsylvania.

  20. The name of several places in the United States: A village split between Providence County, Rhode Island, and Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  21. The name of several places in the United States: A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.

  22. The name of several places in the United States: An unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia.

  23. The name of several places in the United States: A town and village in Racine County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

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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