Abbotsford
English
Etymology 1
abbot + -s- + ford.
Proper noun
Abbotsford
- 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
- Abbotsford House
- Abbotsford Club
- Abbotsford
- Little Abbotsford
Etymology 2
Coined 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
Abbotsford
- Abbotsford, British Columbia, a city and large municipality in Fraser Valley Regional District, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland.
Coordinate terms
- Abbotsford
- Sumas Prairie
Etymology 3
Named 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
Abbotsford
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- A suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Etymology 4
Named after the ford in Scotland near Melrose Abbey
Proper noun
Abbotsford
- A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named for an Australian farm named for the ford
Etymology 5
Abbot + -s- + ford
Proper noun
Abbotsford
- A suburb, part of Green Island, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named for surveyor Edmund Abbot. [1]
Etymology 6
Abbott + -s- + ford
Proper noun
Abbotsford
- A city in Wisconsin, United States, named for Wisconsin Central railroad executive Edwin Hale Abbott
- Synonym: (former name) Colby Junction
See also
- abbot
- Abbot
- Abbotford
- Abbott
- Abbottford
- Abbottsford
References
- NZ Topo Map