hammond
/ˈhæmənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.77 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A town in Mount Remarkable council area and Orroroo Carrieton council area, South Australia; named for William Henry Hammond Jervois, son of South Australia Governor William Jervois.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond."
- "The funds were used to conduct Unifon projects in Indianapolis and Hammond, Indiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Washington, DC, and at several locations in the Chicago area."
Etymology
A patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman given name Hamo, Hamon, from Germanic names beginning with a derivative of Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”), such as descendants of *Haimarīks (“Henry”). The river in New Brunswick is named after British politician and colonial governor Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet (1738 - 1828). The civil parish is named after a settlement, named in turn after the river.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, *haimaz
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhæmənd/