English Explanatory Dictionary

Shipham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

Pronunciation

shĭpĕm /ˈʃɪp.əm/ LL-Q1860_(eng)-Xavier_hillier-Shipham.wav

Word forms

Shipham

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Shepeham, Shepehm, via Anglo-Norman Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Sċēaphām, from sċēap (“sheep”) + hām (“homestead”), literally the 'The sheep home'.

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