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Hamm

Hamm proper noun: an English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.

Proper noun

Hamm

  1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.
  2. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Origin of Hamm

* As an English and German surname, from hamm (“enclosure, land by a stream”). * Also as a German surname, from Hamm in Westphalia, itself from a Low German derivative of Proto-Germanic *hammō (“corner, hollow, bend”), used in the sense "river bend," similar to Hamburg.

Questions about Hamm

What does Hamm mean?
Hamm means an English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.
What part of speech is Hamm?
Hamm is a proper noun.

Words near Hamm in the dictionary

  1. Hamlyn
  2. Hamlyn Heights
  3. Hamlyn Terrace
  4. Hamlyn's monkey
  5. Hamlyn's monkeys
  6. Hamm
  7. Hammack
  8. Hammacks
  9. Hammad
  10. hammada
  11. hammadas

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