English Explanatory Dictionary

Sydenham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
  3. A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
  4. A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
  5. A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
  6. A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  7. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
  8. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
  9. A community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
  10. Former name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
  11. Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
  12. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪdənəm/ LL-Q7979-Soundguys-Sydenham.wav

Word forms

Sydenham Sydenhams

Etymology

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

Derived words

Lower Sydenham Sydenham Damerel Sydenham Hill Sydenham's chorea Sydenham's laudanum Upper Sydenham
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