English Explanatory Dictionary

Evesham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).

Pronunciation

/ˈiːvʃəm/ /ˈiːsəm/ /ˈiːvɪʃəm/

Word forms

Evesham

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Evesham, from Old English Eofesham (literally “Eof's enclosure”), from Eof (given name) + hamm (“enclosure”). By surface analysis, Eve's + -ham.

Derived words

Vale of Evesham
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