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Orme

UK/ɔːm/US/ɔɹm/

Orme proper noun: a surname from Old Norse.

Proper noun

Orme

  1. A surname from Old Norse.
    • Sir Edmund Orme never blushed, and I could see that he had no capacity for embarrassment.1891, Henry James, Sir Edmund Orme
  2. A town in Tennessee.

Origin of Orme

From the Old Norse personal name Ormr.

Words that rhyme with Orme

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Orme

What does Orme mean?
Orme means a surname from Old Norse.
What part of speech is Orme?
Orme is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Orme?
Orme is pronounced /ɔːm/ (UK).

Words near Orme in the dictionary

  1. Orléanist
  2. Orléanists
  3. Orléans
  4. ORM
  5. Ormazd
  6. Orme
  7. ormeloxifene
  8. ormer
  9. ormering
  10. Ormerod
  11. Ormerods

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