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hamm

/hˈæm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
hamm
IPA
/hˈæm/
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.

name

A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Etymology

* As an English and German surname, from hamm (“enclosure, land by a stream”). * Also as a German surname, from Hamm in Westphalia, itself from a Low German derivative of Proto-Germanic *hammō (“corner, hollow, bend”), used in the sense "river bend," similar to Hamburg.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Homonyms

hahm hamme

Rhymes With

am damn sam ma'am exam ram dam jam ham cam spam lamb

Questions

How do you pronounce hamm?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈæm/.
What does hamm mean?
An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.
Where does hamm come from?
It is traced to German.

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