Durham
English
Etymology
From Old English Dunholm. Doublet of Duresm and Dunelm.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌ.ɹəm/
- Homophone: durum
Proper noun
Durham
- County Durham (a county in the Northeast of England)
- A city in and the county town of County Durham, England.
- Durham County Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of County Durham except Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
- An English habitational surname from Old English from the city in England.
- An outback town in Queensland, Australia.
- A locale in Canada.
- A community in Nova Scotia; named for Lord Durham, Governor General of Canada.
- A community in West Grey, Grey County, Ontario.
- The Regional Municipality of Durham, a regional municipality east of Toronto, Ontario.
- A locale in the United States.
- A city, the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina; named for landowner Bartlett S. Durham.
- A town in New Hampshire.
- A town in Connecticut; named for the city in England.
- A census-designated place in Butte County, California; named for California politician W. W. Durham.
- A town in Maine; named for County Durham, England.
- A town in New York; named for the town in Connecticut.
- A city in Oregon; named for pioneer and Oregon Territory legislator Alberto Alonzo Durham.
- A city in Kansas; named for the breed of cattle.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Arkansas.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Georgia; named for Durham Coal and Coke Company.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Indiana.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Missouri; named for a railroad employee.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Doris Durham Morris.
Derived terms
- County Durham
- Durham County
- Durhamism
- Durhamite
Noun
Durham (plural Durhams)
- One of a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England, and noted for their beef-producing quality.
References
- Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various page 108, Project Gutenberg