Oldham.
A placename
Meaning & usage
A placename A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD922053).
A placename A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A placename An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
A placename An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri, United States.
A placename A minor city in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.
A placename Ellipsis of Oldham County
A habitational surname from toponymy.
Where this word comes from
Recorded as Aldehulme in the Domesday Book, the English toponym is named with Old English eald (“old”) + Old Norse holmr (“holm, islet”). Or else, the first element may be Old English Alda, a male given name, or the Cumbric/Proto-Brythonic equivalent of Welsh allt (“cliff”).
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