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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

camm

/kˈæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
camm
IPA
/kˈæm/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

An unincorporated community in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States.

Etymology

* As an English and Norman surname, from Caen in Normandy. * Also as an English surname, named for the Cam river, from the Celtic root of Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”). This adjective also has surname derivatives from Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Kamm.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Homonyms

kam

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce camm?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈæm/.
What does camm mean?
A surname.
Where does camm come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce camm

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