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tumby bay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
tum-by bay
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A bay and town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

name

A local government area in this area of South Australia; in full, the District Council of Tumby Bay.

Etymology

The bay was originally named by Matthew Flinders after Tumby in Lincolnshire. The town of Tumby Bay was named Tumby until 1984.

Questions

What does tumby bay mean?
A bay and town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Where does tumby bay come from?
The bay was originally named by Matthew Flinders after Tumby in Lincolnshire. The town of Tumby Bay was named Tumby until 1984.

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