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holmby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
holm-by
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small village in Skåne, Sweden.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

* (Places in United States and England): Variant of Holdenby. * (Place in Sweden): From Swedish Holmby, from Old Swedish holmber (“holm, islet”) + bȳ (“village, farm, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Holmby, holmber

Usage

Inflected Forms

Holmbys (plural)

Phrases

Holmby Hills

Questions

What does holmby mean?
A small village in Skåne, Sweden.
Where does holmby come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

How to pronounce holmby

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