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Averham

/ˈɛəɹəm/

Averham proper noun: a village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654).

Proper noun

Averham

  1. A village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654).

Origin of Averham

Recorded as Aigrun in the Domesday Book, the actual origin of this placename is still uncertain. Perhaps it is a compound of Old English ēa (“river”) and the dative plural form of gāra (“gore, strip of land”) or, alternatively, a fossilised survival of Old English *ēagor (“water, sea”), whence eagre.

Questions about Averham

What does Averham mean?
Averham means a village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654).
What part of speech is Averham?
Averham is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Averham?
Averham is pronounced /ˈɛəɹəm/.

Words near Averham in the dictionary

  1. avered
  2. Averett
  3. Averette
  4. Averettes
  5. Averetts
  6. Averham
  7. Averi
  8. Averianna
  9. Averie
  10. averievite
  11. Averil

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