English Explanatory Dictionary

Waltham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
  2. A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1048).
  3. A large village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2603).
  4. An inner suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  5. A small town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
  6. A sizable city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  7. A township and minor city therein, in Mower County, Minnesota, United States, named after Waltham, Massachusetts.
  8. A small town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English for someone from any of various villages in England.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːltəm/ /ˈwɔːlθəm/ /ˈwɔːlθæ̃m/

Word forms

Waltham Walthams

Etymology

From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

Derived words

Bishop's Waltham Great Waltham Waltham Abbey Waltham Cross Waltham Forest Waltham on the Wolds Waltham St Lawrence Walthamstow
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on W Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary