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Hanford

The English word “Hanford” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
  2. A former small agricultural community located in Benton County, Washington, which was depopulated in 1943 in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site.

Etymology

From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

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