Effingham
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from Effa + -ing + ham (“home”).[1] 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.[2][3]
Proper noun
[edit]Effingham
- A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253). [4]
- A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
- ^ Traces of History in the Names of Places: With a Vocabulary of the Roots Out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are Formed, p. 275
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003): Dictionary of American Family Names, p. 516
- ^ Parish map (England)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Surrey, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Surrey, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Illinois, USA
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States