Hertford

Meaning

1. A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.
2. Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford.
3. A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.

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