Effingham

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Effingham

Etymology[edit]

Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from Effa +‎ -ing + ham (“home”).^[1] The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.^[2]^[3]

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Effingham

A village in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1253).
A city, the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois, United States.

Derived terms[edit]

Effingham County

References[edit]

^ Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
^ Traces of History in the Names of Places: With a Vocabulary of the Roots Out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are Formed, p. 275
^ Hanks, Patrick (2003): Dictionary of American Family Names, p. 516

[1] Everett-Heath, John (2017): The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names

[2] Traces of History in the Names of Places: With a Vocabulary of the Roots Out of which Names of Places in England and Wales are Formed, p. 275

[3] Hanks, Patrick (2003): Dictionary of American Family Names, p. 516

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