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Cheam

/ˈt͡ʃiːm/

Cheam proper noun: a suburban village in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, on the border with Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2463).

Proper noun (1)

Cheam

  1. A suburban village in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, on the border with Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2463).

Proper noun (2)

Cheam (plural Cheams)

  1. A surname from Khmer.

Forms of Cheam

pluralCheams

Origin of Cheam

The earliest alleged form is Cegeham in 727, referencing a prior land grant from 675. From this, Eilert Ekwall proposes an origin from Old English *ceg + hām, where the first element is from a Germanic root possibly meaning "stump". While the 727 document is of dubious authenticity, the name Cegham or Ceiham is attested in various other sources, such as a will from c. 950.

From Khmer ជាម (ciəm).

Words formed from Cheam

Questions about Cheam

What does Cheam mean?
Cheam means a suburban village in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, on the border with Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2463).
What part of speech is Cheam?
Cheam is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cheam?
Cheam is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːm/.

Words near Cheam in the dictionary

  1. Cheadle's disease
  2. Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome
  3. Cheah
  4. Cheal
  5. Cheale
  6. Cheam
  7. cheap
  8. cheap and cheerful
  9. cheap and nasty
  10. cheap as borscht
  11. cheap as chips

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