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Lyneham.

A small village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2720).

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  1. A small village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2720).

  2. A large village and former RAF base in Lyneham and Bradenstoke parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0278).

  3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Named after Sir William Lyne.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English Lynham, from Old English *Līnhām, from līn (“flax”) + hām (“estate”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.