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young nick's head

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
young nick-'s -head
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A headland on the south side of Poverty Bay, Gisborne district, on the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

Etymology

Named after the British cabin boy Nicholas Young by James Cook, captain of HMS Endeavour, as a reward for sighting the headland on 6 October 1769. It is unclear whether Young refers to Nicholas's young age or to his surname, or is a combination of both.

Questions

What does young nick's head mean?
A headland on the south side of Poverty Bay, Gisborne district, on the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.
Where does young nick's head come from?
Named after the British cabin boy Nicholas Young by James Cook, captain of HMS Endeavour, as a reward for sighting the headland on 6 October 1769. It is unclear whether Young refers to Nicholas's young age or to his surname, or is a combination of both.

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