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countess wear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
countess wear
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9489).

Etymology

From a weir the Countess of Devon had built across the River Exe in the late 13th century, to prevent navigation upriver to Exeter; the weir was later bypassed by a canal. "Wear" or "Weare" is an obsolete variant of "weir".

Questions

What does countess wear mean?
A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9489).
Where does countess wear come from?
From a weir the Countess of Devon had built across the River Exe in the late 13th century, to prevent navigation upriver to Exeter; the weir was later bypassed by a canal. "Wear" or "Weare" is an obsolete variant of "weir".

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