# Newnham

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #78,864

## Definitions
1. A number of places in England:
2. A number of places in England:
3. A number of places in England:
4. A number of places in England:
5. A number of places in England:
6. A number of places in England:
7. A number of places in England:
8. A number of places in England:
9. A suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
10. A habitational surname from Old English.
11. Ellipsis of Newnham College, Cambridge.

## Etymology
From Old English nēowan, weak dative form of nēowe (“new”), + hām (“village, hamlet”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/newnham