Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ribchester

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: ribch-ester
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6435).

Etymology

Recorded as Ribelcastre in 1086 (DB), from the River Ribble and Old English ceaster.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: ceaster

Questions

What does ribchester mean?: A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6435).
Where does ribchester come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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