fordham
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)d(h)əm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A surname.
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A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
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A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6370).
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A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9228).
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A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL6199).
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A neighbourhood in the western Bronx, New York City, New York, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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A ghost town in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Morris’s home, Mount Fordham, was in the possession of the family for many years prior to the Revolutionary War. […] He leaves one son, Fordham Morris, and two grandchildren, Alice Cheesman and Lewis G. Morris, Jr., daughter and son of a dead son, Francis Morris."
- "On Tuesday, Bachelorette star Ashley Hebert and husband J.P. Rosenbaum welcomed their first child, a son named Fordham Rhys."
- "Mike is […] survived by his […] grandsons Hutchison Keith and Baker Fordham Justice; […]"
- "Matthew and Julia Childress, Powell, a boy, Fordham Kirwan Childress"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English