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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, United States, derived from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Needham Market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A dessert bar made from sugar, chocolate, coconut, and potato, chiefly made and consumed in Maine in the US.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.
Thought to have been named after Irish-born American evangelist George Carter Needham.
