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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:WalthamWikipedia

Etymology

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From Old English weald (“forest”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosed land”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (variously) /ˈwɔːltəm/, /ˈwɔːlθəm/
• IPA(key): (city in Massachusetts) /ˈwɔːlθæ̃m/

Proper noun

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Waltham (countable and uncountable, plural Walthams)

1. A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
2. A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1048). [1]
3. A large village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2603). [2]
4. An inner suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
5. A small town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
6. A sizable city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
7. A tiny city in Waltham Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States, named after Waltham, Massachusetts.
8. A small town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
9. A habitational surname from Old English for someone from any of various villages in England.

Derived terms

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• Bishop's Waltham
• Great Waltham
• Waltham Abbey
• Waltham Cross
• Waltham Forest
• Waltham on the Wolds
• Waltham St Lawrence
• Walthamstow

Statistics

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• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Waltham is the 9085th most common surname in England, belonging to 678 individuals.

References

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• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waltham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

1. ^ Parish map (Kent)
2. ^ Parish map (Lincolnshire)

French

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Etymology

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The name of the municipality is derived from the English toponym Waltham.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /wol.tɔm/
• Hyphenation: Wal‧tham
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Proper noun

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Waltham m

1. a municipality of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada

Derived terms

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• Walthameux, Walthameuse

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• English surnames
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• French terms with IPA pronunciation
• Rhymes:French/ɔm
• Rhymes:French/ɔm/2 syllables
• French lemmas
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• French terms spelled with W
• French masculine nouns
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