Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: rockingham
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɑkɪŋh,æm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Rockingham, Second_Marquis_of_Rockingham, Charles_Watson-Wentworth
    Meaning: English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
Usage examples
  • My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia, to Kentucky about 1781 or 2, where, a year or two later, he was killed by Indians--not in battle, but by stealth, when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest.