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Bingham

/ˈbɪŋəm/

Bingham proper noun: a town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).

Proper noun

Bingham (countable and uncountable, plural Binghams)

  1. A town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).
  2. An eastern suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3072).
  3. A ghost town in Jeff Davis County, Georgia.
  4. A village in Fayette County, Illinois; named for Judge Horatio Bingham.
  5. A town in Somerset County, Maine; named for Pennsylvania statesman William Bingham.
  6. A township in Clinton County, Michigan, named after Kinsley S. Bingham, as are the other two Michigan townships.
  7. A township in Huron County, Michigan.
  8. A township in Leelanau County, Michigan.
  9. An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
  10. A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
  11. A ghost town in Dillon County, South Carolina.
  12. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  13. An English habitational surname for someone from the town in Nottinghamshire, or Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.
    • Antique Sugar co-owner Sarah Bingham is tired of arguing with customers who don’t want to put on a mask before coming into the vintage clothing shop in Phoenix, Arizona.2020 July 3, David Williams, “A vintage clothing store isn’t arguing with customers about wearing masks”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022

Forms of Bingham

pluralBinghams

Origin of Bingham

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.

Words formed from Bingham

Phrases with Bingham

Questions about Bingham

What does Bingham mean?
Bingham means a town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).
What part of speech is Bingham?
Bingham is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bingham?
Bingham is pronounced /ˈbɪŋəm/.

Words near Bingham in the dictionary

  1. bingewatched
  2. bingewatches
  3. bingewatching
  4. bingeworthy
  5. bingey
  6. Bingham
  7. Bingham County
  8. Bingham plastic
  9. Bingham plastics
  10. binghamite
  11. Binghams

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