Abbotsford
English
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editAbbotsford
- A ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Southern Uploads, Scotland, United Kingdom, near Melrose Abbey
- A region of West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Derived terms
edit- Abbotsford House
- Abbotsford Club
- Abbotsford
- Little Abbotsford
Etymology 2
editCoined by Royal Engineer John Cunningham Maclure, who settled there in the 1890s. From Abbotsford House and Abbott in combination. Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford, from abbot + -s- + ford. Of Abbott, in Abbott + -s- + ford, from the name of Canadian Pacific Railway superintendant Henry Abbott and Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott. Abbott and Abbotsford House in combination were used as the basis of the name of the Canadian settlement.
Proper noun
editAbbotsford
- Abbotsford, British Columbia, a city and large municipality in Fraser Valley Regional District, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland.
Coordinate terms
edit- Abbotsford
- Sumas Prairie
Translations
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Etymology 3
editNamed after Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford.
Proper noun
editAbbotsford
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Etymology 4
editNamed after the ford in Scotland near Melrose Abbey
Proper noun
editAbbotsford
Etymology 5
editProper noun
editAbbotsford
- A suburb, part of Green Island, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named for surveyor Edmund Abbot. [1]
Etymology 6
editProper noun
editAbbotsford
- A city in Wisconsin, United States, named for Wisconsin Central railroad executive Edwin Hale Abbott
- Synonym: (former name) Colby Junction
See also
editReferences
edit- English compound terms
- English terms interfixed with -s-
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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