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Hamhaugh Island

suburban area · Surrey

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name combines 'Ham', meaning village or homestead, with 'haugh', an Old English word for a waterside meadow or flat land. It refers to a waterside meadow associated with a village or homestead.

Word origins

Ham
Old Englishvillage, homestead(from hæm "village, homestead")
Haugh
Old Englishwaterside meadow, flat land(from hóh "waterside meadow, flat land")