yprois
/iːpˈɹwɑː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name.
adj
Of, comprising, or populated by Yprois.
Example Sentences
- "A few amongst them even fled, some of whom in endeavouring to swim across the Lys were drowned, and others who made for the city were stopped by the Yprois who manned the ramparts, and driven back to the fight."
- "They were the work of the Yprois Taillebert, who, both in stone and wood, has left in his native town and its neighbourhood incontestible proofs of his activity and talent."
- "David Nicholas […] provides fascinating detail about the mutual indebtedness of the Yprois at the end of the thirteenth century."
- "To trace the origin of the Yprois devotion to this Madonna, we must go back five centuries."
- "Margaret was a woman of property, a member of the upper classes; both she and her husband were from prominent Yprois families."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /iːpˈɹwɑː/