fleming
/ˈflɛmɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.56 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
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An English surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A town and locality in the Northern Territory, Australia.
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A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A neighbourhood of Alexandria, Egypt.
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A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.
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A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- ", Episode 12, The Cyclops --And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway."
- "Ian Fleming, English writer."
- "Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist."
Etymology
From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: flameng, Flæmingi, Flǽmingr, Vlaminc, -, *flaumaz
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.