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Hammond
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English
thumb|The Hammond Oak (a Southern Live Oak, Quercus virginiana) in Hammond, Louisiana.
Etymology
A patronymic surname from the en xno - given name fro Hamo, fro Hamon, from en gem names beginning with a derivative of en gem-pro *haimaz home, such as descendants of gem-pro *Haimarīks Henry.
The river in New Brunswick is named after British politician and colonial governor Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet (1738–1828). The civil parish is named after a settlement, named in turn after the river.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhæmənd/ US
Proper noun
~ s
en English patronymics.
en male surnames.
en 1937 Clara Studer Sky storming Yankee Stackpole sons 1937 19 The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond.
en town carea/Mount Remarkable and carea/Orroroo Carrieton s/South Australia ; named for William Henry Hammond Jervois, son of South Australia Governor William Jervois.
en parish in co/Kings County p/New Brunswick c/Canada.
en river p/New Brunswick c/Canada.
en locale c/US:
en neighborhood of city/Fresno s/California.
en village co/Piatt County s/Illinois ; named for railroad official Charles Goodrich Hammond.
en city co/Lake County s/Indiana ; named for Detroit butcher George H. Hammond.
en Kenneth C. Anderson Why Unifon? https://unifon.org/docs/why-unifon.pdf 2006-07 1 Unifon.org The funds were used to conduct Unifon projects in Indianapolis and Hammond, Indiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Washington, DC, and at several locations in the Chicago area. https://web.archive.org/web/20220408075631/https://unifon.org/docs/why-unifon.pdf
en twp co/Spencer County s/Indiana.
en unincorporated community co/Bourbon County s/Kansas ; named for a family of early settlers.
en city co/Tangipahoa Parish s/Louisiana ; named for Swedish immigrant and founder Peter av Hammerdal (anglicized to Peter Hammond).
en town co/Aroostook County s/Maine.
en twp co/Polk County s/Minnesota.
en minor city co/Wabasha County s/Minnesota ; named for landowner Joseph Hammond.
en unincorporated community co/Carter County s/Montana.
en town/and/village therein, in co/St. Lawrence County s/New York ; named for landowner Abijah Hammond. TopoZone: Hammond, New York
en unincorporated community co/Robertson County s/Texas ; named for landowner Dr. B. F. Hammond.
en town/and/village therein, in co/St. Croix County s/Wisconsin ; named for landowner R. B. Hammond.
Derived terms
en Hammond Island Hammondsport Hammond Street Stoke Hammond
Noun
A Hammond organ.
References
Anagrams
en adhmmno Mohmand
en eponyms