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waltham
/ˈwɔlθəm/
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What does waltham mean?
proper noun
- A village and municipality in the region of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
- A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1048).
- A large village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA2603).
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- An inner suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A small town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
- A sizable city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A township and minor city therein, in Mower County, Minnesota, United States, named after Waltham, Massachusetts.
- A small town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English for someone from any of various villages in England.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwɔlθəm/
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He works as exactly as a Waltham watch and he thinks about as much as the stem that winds the watch.
It was selected on account of its contiguity to Waltham and the other royal forests where coursing was a frequent amusement.
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And my scholar and I will go down towards Waltham.
Old, open-pollinated types like Italian Sprouting Calabrese, DeCicco, or Waltham 29 are highly variable, bushy, with rather coarse, large-beaded flowers, second-rate flavor and many, many side shoots.
Here there were rumours of Martians at Epping, and news of the destruction of Waltham Abbey Powder Mills in a vain attempt to blow up one of the invaders.