What is "durham"

Durham \Dur"ham\, n. One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

c.1000, Dunholm "city on a hill," a merger of Old English dun "hill" (see down (n.2)) and Scandinavian holmr (see holm). The change from -n- to -r- is a result of Norman confusion (see Shrewsbury). As a breed of cattle, by 1810.

Durham commonly refers to:

• Durham, England, a historic city and the county town of County Durham
• County Durham, an English county
• Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States

Durham may also refer to:

Durham (formerly known as Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968, and since 1988.

Its first iteration was created in 1903 from Durham East and Durham West ridings. It consisted of the county of Durham.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Northumberland—Durham ridings.

It was recreated in 1987 from parts of Durham—Northumberland and Ontario ridings.

The second incarnation of the riding was initially defined to consist of the Town of Newcastle, the townships of Scugog and Uxbridge, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of Rossland Road and the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3, and the part of the Town of Whitby lying north of Taunton Road.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa ridings.

Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge was defined to consist of the townships of Uxbridge and Scugog, the Municipality of Clarington, and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island reserve. In 2004, "Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge" was renamed "Durham" riding.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, this riding lost territory to Pickering—Uxbridge and Northumberland—Peterborough South, and gained territory from Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Durham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 and from 1926 to 1975.

The Durham provincial riding was created in 1999 when Ontario adopted federal riding boundaries for provincial elections purposes. It was created from Durham East and Oshawa

It consisted initially of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East.

In 2007, the riding gained the Township of Uxbridge but lost all of its territory in Oshawa.

Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.

The constituency of Durham was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Darlington, Durham, Durham North West, Easington, and Houghton-le-Spring. From 1984 to 1999 it consisted of: Bishop Auckland, Blaydon, City of Durham, Darlington, Easington, North Durham, North West Durham, Sedgefield.

Durham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bartlett S. Durham (1824–1859), American physician and the namesake of Durham, North Carolina
• David Anthony Durham (born 1969), American novelist
• Edward B. Durham (c. 1870 - c. 1930),n American mining engineer and Professor
• Geoffrey Durham (born 1949), British comedy magician and actor
• Hugh Durham (born 1937), American college basketball coach
• Jim Durham (born 1947), American sportscaster
• Judith Durham (born 1943), Australian singer, member of The Seekers
• Leon Durham (born 1957), American baseball player
• Philip Charles Durham (1763–1845), British admiral who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar
• Ray Durham (born 1971), American baseball player
• Rhea Durham (born 1978), American fashion model
• Ron Durham (born 1921), Australian rules footballer
• Woody Durham (born 1941), American radio announcer