English Explanatory Dictionary

Bingham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).
  2. An eastern suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3072).
  3. A locale in the United States:
  4. A ghost town in Jeff Davis County, Georgia.
  5. A village in Fayette County, Illinois; named for Judge Horatio Bingham.
  6. A town in Somerset County, Maine; named for Pennsylvania statesman William Bingham.
  7. A township in Clinton County, Michigan, named after Kinsley S. Bingham, as are the other two Michigan townships.
  8. A township in Huron County, Michigan.
  9. A township in Leelanau County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
  11. A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A ghost town in Dillon County, South Carolina.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɪŋəm/

Word forms

Bingham Binghams

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.

Derived words

Bingham County binghamite Binghamton Sutton Bingham
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