# Shipham

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɪp.əm/

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Shepeham, Shepehm, via Anglo-Norman Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Sċēaphām, from sċēap (“sheep”) + hām (“homestead”), literally the 'The sheep home'.

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