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kirktown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kirk-town
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small town or village in the vicinity of a parish church.

noun

A glebe.

Etymology

From Middle English Kirketun, kyrktone, kyrktoune, from Old English Kyrchetūn, equivalent to kirk + town. Piecewise doublet of churchtown.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Kirketun,kyrktone,kyrktoune, Kyrchetūn

Inflected Forms

kirktowns (plural) kirkton (alternative) kirk-town (alternative)

Synonyms

churchtown

Questions

What does kirktown mean?
A small town or village in the vicinity of a parish church.
Where does kirktown come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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