Etymology

Newham

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Today it means: An industrial suburb of Truro, Cornwall, England, located on the Truro River (OS grid ref SW8343). Full definition →

Old English hamm
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhamm“water-meadow”
  2. English todayNewham

new + Old English hamm (“water-meadow”). By surface analysis, new + -ham.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhamm all →

hamfulhamWrexham-ham

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