Guildford

Meaning

  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 small settlement in Victoria, Australia.
  6. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
  7. A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɪlfəd/
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.

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