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Burnham

  • /ˈbɝnəm/ US
  • /bɜːnəm/ UK

Where it comes from

From Old English burna (“stream”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).

proper noun Burnhams · Burnam

  1. countable, uncountable A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in South Bucks district, and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9382).
  2. countable, uncountable A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Thornton Curtis parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0517).
  4. countable, uncountable A coastal town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
  5. countable, uncountable A community in the Rural Municipality of Coulee No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Cook County, Illinois, just south of Chicago.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Waldo County, Maine.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
  9. countable, uncountable A borough in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
  10. countable, uncountable A settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, the location of an army camp.
  11. countable, uncountable A park in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
  12. countable A habitational surname from Old English. Andy Burnham has become UK prime minister, replacing Sir Keir Starmer in No 10 Downing Street.
  13. countable, uncountable Andy Burnham, British prime minister.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: brunton, broughton, barham, burston, barsham, blackburn, bradfield, plumstead, burlingham, bradbury, warburton, bordley, bellingham, broadbent, boughton, barnhill

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"Burnham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/burnham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Burnham. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/burnham

Chicago

"Burnham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/burnham.

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@misc{burnham_2026,
  title = {Burnham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burnham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}