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o'higgins

/oʊˈhɪɡɪnz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
O'Hig-gins
IPA
/oʊˈhɪɡɪnz/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

Ellipsis of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins: a region of Chile.

Etymology

An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

O'Higgins Land

Questions

How do you pronounce o'higgins?
The recorded pronunciation is /oʊˈhɪɡɪnz/.
What does o'higgins mean?
A surname.
Where does o'higgins come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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