Sydenham

English · Français · Deutsch

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Sydenham

/ˈsɪdənəm/ UK

Where it comes from

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

proper noun Sydenhams

countable, uncountable A suburban area of Greater London in the borough of Lewisham, borough of Bromley and borough of Southwark.
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP7301).
countable, uncountable A suburb of Bridgwater, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3137).
countable, uncountable A suburb of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3364).
countable, uncountable A suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
countable, uncountable A community in Frontenac County, Ontario.
countable, uncountable Former name of Owen Sound (“city in Ontario”)
countable, uncountable Two rivers named Sydenham River in Ontario, one flowing into Lake Huron, the other into Lake St. Clair.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Durban, South Africa.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
countable A habitational surname from Old English.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"Sydenham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sydenham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX

@misc{sydenham_2026,
  title = {Sydenham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sydenham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}