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kelham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
kel-ham
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Calun in the Domesday Book, the village's name probably derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse kiǫlr (“keel, ridge”), with reference to the line of hill north-west of the village.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kelhams (plural) Kallam (alternative) Kellam (alternative)

Questions

What does kelham mean?
A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).
Where does kelham come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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