Meanings
plural Sydenhams
- A placename:
- countableuncountableA suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
- countableuncountableA suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
- countableuncountableA community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
- countableuncountableFormer name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
- countableuncountableTwo rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Durban, South Africa.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- countableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishsīdan
- EnglishSydenham
From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).
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Sydenham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sydenham
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