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thame

name · pron · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈteɪm/
  • homophone: tame
  • homophone: Tame

1

name

Meaning 1

A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which flows into the River Thames at Dorchester-on-Thames.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, by the above river (OS grid ref SP7006).

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3

pron

Meaning 3

Them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, obsolete

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History

Etymology

See Thames, of which it is a tributary.

Inherited from Middle English thame.

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