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Walsingham

Walsingham proper noun: a civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham (OS grid ref TF9336).

Proper noun

Walsingham (countable and uncountable, plural Walsinghams)

  1. A civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham (OS grid ref TF9336).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Walsingham

pluralWalsinghams

Origin of Walsingham

From the Old English personal name Wæls + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”). First element equivalent to Vǫlsungr.

Words formed from Walsingham

Questions about Walsingham

What does Walsingham mean?
Walsingham means a civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, which includes Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham (OS grid ref TF9336).
What part of speech is Walsingham?
Walsingham is a proper noun.

Words near Walsingham in the dictionary

  1. Walsham le Willows
  2. Walshe
  3. Walshes
  4. walshnut
  5. walshnuts
  6. Walsingham
  7. Walsinghams
  8. Walski
  9. Walskis
  10. Walstad
  11. Walstads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Walsingham (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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