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Milford

American  
[mil-ferd] / ˈmɪl fərd /

noun

  1. a city in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.

  2. a city in central Massachusetts.

  3. a male given name.


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Born in Milford, Conn., on May 18, 1948, Crump was about 12 when her family moved to Florida and into a home on some property.

From The Wall Street Journal

Control zones with stricter restrictions have been put in place near confirmed bird flu outbreaks in the Milford Haven area of Pembrokeshire, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Welshpool, Powys and Cynwyd, Denbighshire.

From BBC

In England, a total of eight sites have been earmarked - in Teesside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Worcestershire and Hampshire - and there are two in Wales - in Monmouthshire and Milford Haven, in Pembrokeshire.

From BBC

These include a power cut affecting 226 customers in the Steynton area of Milford Haven, 100 homes without power in Cathays, Cardiff and 31 customers affected in Gorseinon.

From BBC

Layered with history, the 100-man fort was originally built in the 1850s to protect the busy port of Milford Haven from French naval attacks.

From BBC