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Effingham

Effingham proper noun: a village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).

Proper noun

Effingham

  1. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
  2. A hamlet in the town of Pelham, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois.
  4. A minor city in Benton Township, Atchison County, Kansas.
  5. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
  6. An unincorporated community in Florence County, South Carolina.

Origin of Effingham

From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

Words formed from Effingham

Questions about Effingham

What does Effingham mean?
Effingham means a village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
What part of speech is Effingham?
Effingham is a proper noun.

Words near Effingham in the dictionary

  1. effing and jeffing
  2. effing off
  3. effing up
  4. Effinger
  5. Effingers
  6. Effingham
  7. Effingham County
  8. Effingham Junction
  9. efflagitate
  10. efflagitates
  11. efflagitation

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