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peckham

/pɛkəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
peck-ham
IPA
/pɛkəm/
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3476).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Probably from Old English Pēac- (“Peak”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). By surface analysis, Peck + -ham, referring to the River Peck in south London, though the river was likely named after the settlement.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /pɛkəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Peckhams (plural)

Derived Forms

Peckhamian Peckhamite Pecknarm

Phrases

East Peckham Peckham Bush Peckham Rye West Peckham

Rhymes With

mecum beckum

Questions

How do you pronounce peckham?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɛkəm/.
What does peckham mean?
A suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3476).
Where does peckham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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