Stamford
Stam·ford
S0699600 (stăm′fərd)Stamford
(ˈstæmfəd)Stam•ford
(ˈstæm fərd)n.
单词 | stamford |
释义 | StamfordStam·fordS0699600 (stăm′fərd)Stamford(ˈstæmfəd)Stam•ford(ˈstæm fərd)n. StamfordStamford,town (1991 pop. 18,127), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Welland River. It is a market town. Products include diesel engines, electrical equipment, bricks, and tiles. Stamford is the supposed site of a defeat of the Picts and Scots by the Saxons in 449 and was one of the Five Boroughs of the Danes. The town is recognized for its architecture. Notable are part of an ancient Benedictine priory; a gate of Brasenose College (founded by a group from Oxford in 1333, when Stamford was famous as a seat of learning); several almshouses; and many 17th- and 18th-century buildings of Lincolnshire limestone. Nearby is Burghley House (16th cent.), home of the statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyBurghley or Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron, 1520–98, English statesman. ..... Click the link for more information. , whose family was prominent in Stamford's history. Stamford,city (1990 pop. 108,056), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1641, inc. 1893 as a city within the town of Stamford (the two were consolidated in 1949). A variety of light industrial goods are produced there, such as machinery, fabricated metal products, and chemicals. Since the 1970s, Stamford has become home to corporate headquarters that moved here from New York City. It is also a residential community for many New York City commuters. Cummings Park is on the sound. The sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church was designed by Wallace K. Harrison and built (1958) in the shape of a whale. The Stamford Museum has a nature center and an observatory. A branch of the Univ. of Connecticut is in the city.Stamforda city in the northeastern United States, in New England, in the state of Connecticut; situated on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. Population, 108,000 (1974; with suburbs, 206,000). Industry employs 28,000 people (1973). Stamford produces electronic computers, ball bearings, instruments, and industrial equipment. There are also chemical, rubber, and light industries. The city was founded in 1641. Stamford |
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