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waltham

/ˈwɔːltəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
waltham
IPA
/ˈwɔːltəm/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1048).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A large village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2603).

Countable; Uncountable

name

An inner suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A sizable city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township and minor city therein, in Mower County, Minnesota, United States, named after Waltham, Massachusetts.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Walthams (plural)

Derived Forms

Walthamstow

Phrases

Bishop's Waltham Great Waltham Waltham Abbey Waltham Cross Waltham Forest Waltham on the Wolds Waltham St Lawrence

Questions

How do you pronounce waltham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɔːltəm/.
What does waltham mean?
A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
Where does waltham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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