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Oldham

/ɒldəm/ · name

Meaning

  1. Ellipsis of Oldham County
  2. A habitational surname from toponymy.
  3. An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
  4. A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD922053).
  5. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri, United States.
  7. A minor city in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.
  8. A placename

Etymology / origin

Recorded as Aldehulme in the Domesday Book, the English toponym is named with Old English eald (“old”) + Old Norse holmr (“holm, islet”). Or else, the first element may be Old English Alda, a male given name, or the Cumbric/Proto-Brythonic equivalent of Welsh allt (“cliff”).

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