Nottingham

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Nottingham

  • /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English Notingeham, an alteration of Old English Snotingahām. The Normans found the consonant cluster /sn/ difficult to pronounce, so the initial S was dropped.

proper noun

  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of University of Nottingham
  3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wells County, Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  5. A small town in Prince George's County, Maryland.
  6. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  7. An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
  8. A former village, now a neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  9. A township in Harrison County, Ohio.
  10. A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: leicester, derby, sheffield, birmingham, notts, nottinghamshire, stoke-on-trent, newcastle, cambridge, bristol, manchester, leeds, liverpool, coventry, wolverhampton, reading

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name city

한국어노팅엄 Noting'eom
日本語ノッチンガム Notchingamu
中文諾丁漢 /诺丁汉 Nuòdīnghàn
हिन्दीनोट्टिंघम noṭṭiṅgham
DeutschNottingham
ΕλληνικάΝόττιγχαμ Nóttincham, Νότιγχαμ Nótincham
РусскийНо́ттингем Nóttingem

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MLA

"Nottingham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nottingham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{nottingham_2026,
  title = {Nottingham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nottingham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}