English Explanatory Dictionary

Effingham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
  2. A hamlet in the town of Pelham, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois.
  5. A minor city in Benton Township, Atchison County, Kansas.
  6. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  7. An unincorporated community in Florence County, South Carolina.

Word forms

Effingham

Etymology

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

Derived words

Effingham County Effingham Junction
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