# Ordway

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #78,899

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A statutory town, the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ordway