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Fordham

//ˈfɔː(ɹ)d(h)əm// name

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  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6370).
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9228).
  4. 4
    A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL6199).
  5. 5
    A neighbourhood in the western Bronx, New York City, New York, United States.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  2. 7
    A ghost town in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).

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