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effingham

/ˈɛfɪŋəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
eff-in-g-ham
IPA
/ˈɛfɪŋəm/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).

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Etymology

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Effingham County Effingham Junction South Effingham

Questions

How do you pronounce effingham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛfɪŋəm/.
What does effingham mean?
A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
Where does effingham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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