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chesham

/ˈt͡ʃɛʃəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
che-sham
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃɛʃəm/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).

name

An unincorporated community in the town of Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.

Etymology

First attested as Cæstæleshamm before the year 970, probably from Old English castel (“pile of stones, castle”) + hamm (“water meadow”). By surface analysis, Chess + -ham, whence the local pronunciation, referring to the River Chess in Buckinghamshire, though the river was named after the settlement.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈt͡ʃɛʃəm/

Derived Forms

Chess

Phrases

Chesham Bois

Questions

How do you pronounce chesham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɛʃəm/.
What does chesham mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).
Where does chesham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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