Nottingham

Nottingham

English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Snotingahām. The Normans found the consonant cluster /sn/ difficult to pronounce, so the initial S was dropped.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm/

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Proper noun

Nottingham

1. A city and unitary authority in Nottinghamshire, England.
2. Ellipsis of University of Nottingham..

Related terms

• Nottinghamshire

Translations

city

Armenian: Նոթինգհեմ (Notʿinghem) Bulgarian: Нотингам m (Notingam) Chinese: Mandarin: 諾丁漢／诺丁汉 (zh), 诺丁汉 (zh) (Nuòdīnghàn) Georgian: ნოტინგემი (noṭingemi) German: Nottingham Greek: Νόττιγχαμ (Nóttincham) Gujarati: નોટ્ટિંઘમ (noṭṭiṅgham) Hindi: नोट्टिंघम (noṭṭiṅgham) Japanese: ノッチンガム (Notchingamu) Kannada: ನೊಟ್ಟಿಂಘಮ್ (noṭṭiṅgham) Korean: 노팅엄 (Noting'eom) Lao: ໂນຕຕິແງມ (nōt ti ngǣm) Latvian: Notingema f Lithuanian: Notingamas m Macedonian: Нотингем m (Notingem) Old English: Snotingahām Russian: Но́ттингем (ru) m (Nóttingem) Thai: โนตตีแงม Ukrainian: Ноттінгем m (Nottinhem)