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denham

/ˈdɛnəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
den-ham
IPA
/ˈdɛnəm/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0486).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Quainton parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7520).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1974).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7561).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Rich Grove Township, Pulaski County, Indiana, United States. From the surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A minor city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. From the surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town, administrative centre of the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia, named after Henry Mangles Denham.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

"Dweller at the farm in the valley", from Old English dene (“valley”) + hām (“farm”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈdɛnəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Denhams (plural)

Phrases

Corton Denham Denham Court Denhams Beach

Homonyms

(weak vowel merger) denim denim denholm

Rhymes With

venom denim plenum phenom menem

Questions

How do you pronounce denham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛnəm/.
What does denham mean?
A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in South Bucks district (OS grid ref TQ0486).
Where does denham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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