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Hamer¹

  • /ˈheɪmər/

Where it comes from

* 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.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A placename for Hamer, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK (unconfirmed).
  3. A small city in Jefferson County, Idaho.
  4. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina.

Hamer²

noun

  1. alternative, plural, plural only Alternative form of Hamar (“a people of Ethiopia”).

proper noun

  1. A South Omotic language spoken primarily in southern Ethiopia by the Hamar people and Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

    Similar: Hamer-Banna

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MLA

"Hamer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hamer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{hamer_2026,
  title = {Hamer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}