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Hamer

//ˈheɪmər// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A South Omotic language spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people and Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.
  3. 3
    A placename for Hamer, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
  4. 4
    A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Hamar (“a people of Ethiopia”). alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the place in Lancashire, from Old English hamor (“cliff”), apparently a rare use instead of the sense for "hammer" (compare Old Norse hamarr (“stone, cliff”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Amer. * As a Dutch surname, from hamer (“hammer”). * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of the noun Hammer (“hammer”), with several Slavic derivatives.

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