English Explanatory Dictionary

Guggenheim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. Any of several museums named after members of the Guggenheim family.

Word forms

Guggenheim

Etymology

Jewish surname, from Gougenheim in Alsace or Jugenheim in Hesse. The first element could be from the Germanic personal name Gogo(n); the second element is from Old High German heim (“home”).

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