English Explanatory Dictionary

Meltham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛlθəm/ /ˈmɛltəm/

Word forms

Meltham

Etymology

From Middle English Meltham, perhaps from Old English *melt (“smelting”) or mealt (“malt”) + Old English hām (“-ham”).

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