English Explanatory Dictionary

Malham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish (served by Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD900629).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

/ˈmaləm/

Word forms

Malham Malhams Maugham

Etymology

Recorded as Malgun in the Domesday Book, the placename probably derives from Old Norse malg or maligr (“gravelly soil, sandbank”).

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