Definition of "Burnham"

(uncountable) A placename:

1. A large village in South Bucks district, Buckinghamshire, and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9382).  examples

2. A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.  examples

3. A hamlet in Thornton Curtis parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0517).  examples

4. A coastal town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.  examples

5. A community in the Rural Municipality of Coulee No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada.  examples

6. A number of places in the United States:

   1. A village in Cook County, Illinois, just south of Chicago.  examples

   2. A town in Waldo County, Maine.  examples

   3. An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.  examples

   4. A borough in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.  examples

7. A settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, the location of an army camp.  examples

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.  examples