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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hamer

/ˈheɪmər/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
hamer
IPA
/ˈheɪmər/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A placename for Hamer, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.

name

A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho.

name

An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.

name

An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina.

noun

Alternative form of Hamar (“a people of Ethiopia”).

name

A South Omotic language spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people and Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

Hamer-Banna

Rhymes With

grammar hammer glamour amor scammer jammer grammer clamor clamour stammer muammar slammer

Questions

How do you pronounce hamer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈheɪmər/.
What does hamer mean?
A surname.
Where does hamer come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce hamer

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