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語源

Recorded as Aldehulme in the Domesday Book, the English toponym is named with 古期英語 eald (“old”) + Old Norse holmr (“holm, islet”). Or else, the first element may be 古期英語 Alda, a male given name, or the Cumbric/Proto-Brythonic equivalent of Welsh allt (“cliff”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɒldəm/

固有名詞

Oldham (countable and uncountable, plural Oldhams)

1. A placename
   1. A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD922053).
   2. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri, United States.
   5. A minor city in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.
   6. Ellipsis of Oldham County
2. (countable) A habitational surname from toponymy.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Oldham is the 2792 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12928 individuals. Oldham is most common among White (85.84%) individuals.

参照

Further reading

• Oldham in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oldham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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