Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bovey tracey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: bovey -tracey
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8178).

Etymology

Named after the River Bovey and the de Tracey (or de Tracy) family.

Inflected Forms

Bovey (alternative)

Phrases

Bovey coal

Questions

What does bovey tracey mean?: A town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX8178).
Where does bovey tracey come from?: Named after the River Bovey and the de Tracey (or de Tracy) family.

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