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Rockingham

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A placename:

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby district (OS grid ref SP8691).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

A placename:

A census-designated place in Bacon County, Georgia, United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

A placename:

An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

A placename:

An unincorporated community in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 5

A placename:

A city, the county seat of Richmond County, North Carolina, United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 6

A placename:

A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 7

A placename:

A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 8

A placename:

A local government area and suburb of Perth, Western Australia, named after the ship Rockingham, which was blown ashore there; in full, the City of Rockingham.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 9

A habitational surname from Old English.

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noun

Meaning 10

A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.

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Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 11

English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Second Marquis of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth

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Broader terms: statesman, solon, national leader

History

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Hroc or *Hrōca + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Real reading context

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