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uffington

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
uff-in-g-ton
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607).

name

A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3089).

name

A village and civil parish east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5213).

name

An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology

From Old English Uffa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“town”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Effingham, Abridge, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does uffington mean?
A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607).
Where does uffington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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