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Allingham

Allingham proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Allingham (plural Allinghams)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Allingham

pluralAllinghams

Origin of Allingham

Habitational surname from the village of Alvingham, in Lincolnshire, which is from the Old English personal name Ælfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Questions about Allingham

What does Allingham mean?
Allingham means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Allingham?
Allingham is a proper noun.

Words near Allingham in the dictionary

  1. allineate
  2. allineates
  3. allineation
  4. allineations
  5. Alling
  6. Allingham
  7. Allinghams
  8. Allings
  9. Allington
  10. Allingtons
  11. Allinson

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