English Explanatory Dictionary

Newnham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A council ward in Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref (approx) TL0749).
  3. A western suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4357).
  4. A village and civil parish (served by Newnham on Severn Parish Council) in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6911).
  5. A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7054).
  6. A village and civil parish (served by Caldecote and Newnham Parish Council) in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2437).
  7. A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9557).
  8. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5759).
  9. A hamlet in Aston Cantlow parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1560).
  10. A suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
  11. A habitational surname from Old English.
  12. Ellipsis of Newnham College, Cambridge.

Word forms

Newnham Newnhams Newingham

Etymology

From Old English nēowan, weak dative form of nēowe (“new”), + hām (“village, hamlet”).

Derived words

Newnham Bridge
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