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Pakenham

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From the Old English personal name Pacca + hām (“homestead”).

proper noun Pakenhams · Peckenham

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL924673).
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{pakenham_2026,
  title = {Pakenham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pakenham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}