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Shoreham

Shoreham proper noun: a village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161). Also the ellipsis of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Proper noun

Shoreham

  1. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).
  2. A village in Berrien County, Michigan, United States.
  3. A village in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
  4. A town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
  5. A coastal town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.

Also used as

Shoreham is also the ellipsis of Shoreham-by-Sea.

Origin of Shoreham

From Old English Sċorhām, from *scora (“shore”) + ham (“village, home, estate”).

Words formed from Shoreham

Questions about Shoreham

What does Shoreham mean?
Shoreham means a village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).
What part of speech is Shoreham?
Shoreham is a proper noun.

Words near Shoreham in the dictionary

  1. shorefish
  2. shorefishes
  3. shorefront
  4. shorefronts
  5. shoregoing
  6. Shoreham
  7. Shoreham-by-Sea
  8. shoreland
  9. shorelands
  10. shorelark
  11. shorelarks

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