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overstrand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
over-strand
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).

name

A local municipality in Western Cape province, South Africa.

Etymology

* In England, from Old English ofer + strand, recorded as Othestranda ^([sic]) in 1086 (DB), and Overstrand in 1231. * In South Africa, basically the same, but probably from Afrikaans or Dutch: compare Dutch over, Afrikaans strand and Dutch strand.

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Word Breakdown

Questions

What does overstrand mean?
A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2440).
Where does overstrand come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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