Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wenham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
wen-ham
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Former name of East Carver, Carver, Massachusetts.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from any of various places in Suffolk, from Old English wynn (“pasture”) + hām (“homestead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wenhams (plural) Wannan (alternative)

Phrases

Little Wenham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva

Questions

What does wenham mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does wenham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce wenham

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