Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colliery row

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: col-liery row
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A western suburb of Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3249).

Example Sentences

"Near the village of Vienna, now known as Colliery Row, a locomotive (probably one built by George Stephenson for the Hetton Coal Company, in 1822) was set in motion, and the Duke, "after examining minutely the nature and construction of the machine and its operation expressed himself highly gratified with it.""

Questions

What does colliery row mean?: A western suburb of Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3249).

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