Bedford

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's +‎ ford.

The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdfə(ɹ)d/

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• Hyphenation: Bed‧ford

Bedford

1. Place names:
   1. A town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
   2. A unitary authority with borough status in Bedfordshire, England.
   3. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana, United States.
   4. A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Iowa, United States.
   5. A small city, the county seat of Trimble County, Kentucky, United States.
   6. A town in Massachusetts.
   7. A town in New Hampshire.
   8. A town in Westchester County, New York
   9. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
   10. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
   11. A city in Ohio.
   12. A borough, the county seat of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   13. A city and township in Quebec, Canada.
   14. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
   15. A city in Texas.
   16. A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia, United States.
   17. A census-designated place in Wyoming.
2. A truck formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
3. An English dukedom.
4. A surname.

• Bedford County
• Bedfordshire