"Wrexham" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɹɛksəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Wrexham.wav
Rhymes: -ɛksəm Etymology: From Old English personal name Wryhtel + 's + Old English hamm (“water meadow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|hamm||water meadow}} Old English hamm (“water meadow”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wrexham
  1. A town in Wrexham county borough, in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom. Categories (place): Places in Wales, Places in Wrexham, Wales, Towns in Wales, Towns in Wrexham, Wales Derived forms: Wrexhamite
    Sense id: en-Wrexham-en-name-ZHY9HBUD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 60 40
  2. A county borough in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom, named after the town, formerly belonging to Denbighshire and Clwyd. Categories (place): County boroughs of Wales, Places in Wales, Wrexham, Wales
    Sense id: en-Wrexham-en-name-yB9jKz0Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (town in north-east Wales): 雷克瑟姆 (Léikèsèmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Wrecsam (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'town in north-east Wales': 47 53
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