Waterford
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- proper noun
- Mr. Hannon, however, had been educated at Newtown, a Quaker school in Waterford.
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Watch on YouTubeI we are from Waterford and on my father's side.
- I we are from Waterford and on my father's side.
Examples
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The glass was Waterford, and it was beautiful but not large.
Fiction book (1999) -
Next up, Waterford Crystal whiskey glasses or wine glasses.
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Until then, the boy would go to a local church school and spend his summers in Waterford.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's gonna meet us at the Waterford station when the train stops.
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They're original Waterford, not the stuff they make now and sell to Americans.
Fiction book (1999) -
His family had lived in the village of Ardmore in the county of Waterford, in the country of Ireland, for generations.
Fiction book (2000) -
As in Pennsylvania, the Quaker community in Waterford was an established and tight one.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then at midnight, they toasted with the Waterford champagne glasses.
Fiction book (1994) -
The table was laid with silver cutlery and Waterford crystal, a set Bobbie recognized from several previous quests.
Fiction book (1996) -
Tourists flock to Waterford to admire the stunning crystal craftsmanship for which the city is famous.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Waterford is made of two simple parts, water and ford, where a 'ford' is a 'shallow place to cross' a river. So Waterford means a place by a river crossing, which fits this Irish city and port on the water.