Effingham.
A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
Meaning & usage
A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
A hamlet in the town of Pelham, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois.
A place in the United States: A minor city in Benton Township, Atchison County, Kansas.
A place in the United States: A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Florence County, South Carolina.
Where this word comes from
From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.
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