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Sydenham

/ˈsɪdənəm/

Sydenham proper noun: a suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.

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Proper noun

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

  1. A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
  2. A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
  3. A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
  4. A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
  5. A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  6. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
  7. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
  8. A community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
  9. Former name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
  10. Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
  11. A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  12. A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
  13. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  14. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Sydenham

pluralSydenhams

Origin of Sydenham

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

Words formed from Sydenham

Questions about Sydenham

What does Sydenham mean?
Sydenham means a suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
What part of speech is Sydenham?
Sydenham is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sydenham?
Sydenham is pronounced /ˈsɪdənəm/ (UK).

Words near Sydenham in the dictionary

  1. sycosis
  2. Sycze
  3. Syd
  4. Syd.
  5. Sydallt
  6. Sydenham
  7. Sydenham Damerel
  8. Sydenham Hill
  9. Sydenham's chorea
  10. Sydenham's laudanum
  11. Sydenhams

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