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densham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
den-sham
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from a minor place in Woolfardisworthy, Devon, recorded as Denewoldesham in the XIII century, named with the Old English personal name Deneweald + -s- + hām (“homestead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Denshams (plural)

Questions

What does densham mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does densham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce densham

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