Sydenham.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
A placename: A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
A placename: A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
A placename: A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
A placename: A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
A placename: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
A placename: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
A placename: A community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
A placename: Former name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
A placename: Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
A placename: A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
A placename: A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
A placename: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).
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