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Ingham

Ingham proper noun: a village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9483).

Proper noun

Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)

  1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9483).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3926).
  3. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8570).
  4. A ghost town in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.
  5. A ghost town in Vinton County, Ohio, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Ingham

pluralInghams

Origin of Ingham

From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.

Words formed from Ingham

Questions about Ingham

What does Ingham mean?
Ingham means a village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9483).
What part of speech is Ingham?
Ingham is a proper noun.

Words near Ingham in the dictionary

  1. ingestor
  2. ingestors
  3. Ingestre
  4. ingests
  5. inghalla
  6. Ingham
  7. Ingham County
  8. Inghamite
  9. Inghamites
  10. Inghams
  11. Inghiloi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ingham (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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