English Explanatory Dictionary

Rockingham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby district (OS grid ref SP8691).
  3. A census-designated place in Bacon County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Richmond County, North Carolina, United States.
  7. A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.
  8. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  9. A local government area and suburb of Perth, Western Australia, named after the ship Rockingham, which was blown ashore there; in full, the City of Rockingham.
  10. A habitational surname from Old English.
noun
  1. A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.

Word forms

Rockingham Rockinghams

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Hroc or *Hrōca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Derived words

East Rockingham Rockingham County
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