Nottingham

English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Snotingahām. The Normans found the consonant cluster /sn/ difficult to pronounce, so the initial S was dropped.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm/
Audio (UK) (file)

Proper noun

Nottingham

A city and unitary authority in Nottinghamshire, England.
Ellipsis of University of Nottingham..

Related terms

Nottinghamshire

Translations

city

Armenian: Նոթինգհեմ (Notʿinghem)
Bulgarian: Нотингам m (Notingam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 諾丁漢／诺丁汉 (zh), 诺丁汉 (zh) (Nuòdīnghàn)
Georgian: ნოტინგემი (noṭingemi)
German: Nottingham
Greek: Νόττιγχαμ (Nóttincham)
Gujarati: નોટ્ટિંઘમ (noṭṭiṅgham)
Hindi: नोट्टिंघम (noṭṭiṅgham)
Japanese: ノッチンガム (Notchingamu)
Kannada: ನೊಟ್ಟಿಂಘಮ್ (noṭṭiṅgham)
Korean: 노팅엄 (Noting'eom)
Lao: ໂນຕຕິແງມ (nōt ti ngǣm)
Latvian: Notingema f
Lithuanian: Notingamas m
Macedonian: Нотингем m (Notingem)
Old English: Snotingahām
Russian: Но́ттингем (ru) m (Nóttingem)
Thai: โนตตีแงม
Ukrainian: Ноттінгем m (Nottinhem)

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