Hamm

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proper noun

An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.

OriginProto-Germanic *hammō →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.
  2. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*hammō“corner, hollow, bend”
  2. EnglishHamm

* As an English and German surname, from hamm (“enclosure, land by a stream”). * Also as a German surname, from Hamm in Westphalia, itself from a Low German derivative of Proto-Germanic *hammō (“corner, hollow, bend”), used in the sense "river bend," similar to Hamburg.

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APA

Hamm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamm

MLA

“Hamm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hamm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamm.

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