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Hampden

  • /ˈhæmp.dən/

Rhymes with -æmpdən

Where it comes from

From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).

proper noun Hampdens · Hamden

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable A rural locality in the Mid North, South Australia.
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    Similar: Riverhead

  5. countable, uncountable A small town in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  7. countable, uncountable A neighborhood in northern Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
  9. countable, uncountable A tiny city in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio.
  11. countable, uncountable A township municipality of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: woodberry, sidney, turner, sydney, hobart, hamp, hampshire, hampson, hampole, hambly, hamer, welham, hamlyn, hamel, hammonds, hempstead

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"Hampden." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hampden. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{hampden_2026,
  title = {Hampden},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hampden},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}