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

Proper noun
Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)
- A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
- A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
- A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
- A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
- A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
- A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
- A community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
- Former name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
- Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
- A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms of Sydenham
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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
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sydenham (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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