Sydenham

S1Y4D2E1N1H4A1M3
UK/ˈsɪdənəm/

proper noun

A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

proper nounSydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

plural Sydenhams

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
    4. countableuncountableA suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
    5. countableuncountableA suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
    6. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
    7. countableuncountableA suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
    8. countableuncountableA community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
    9. countableuncountableFormer name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
    10. countableuncountableTwo rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
    11. countableuncountableA suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
    12. countableuncountableA suburb of Durban, South Africa.
    13. countableuncountableA suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsīdan
  2. EnglishSydenham

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

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APA

Sydenham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sydenham

MLA

“Sydenham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sydenham. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sydenham,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sydenham.

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