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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

currie

/kˈɝi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
cur-rie
IPA
/kˈɝi/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A suburban village in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1868).

name

A minor city in Murray Township, Murray County, Minnesota.

name

An unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada.

name

An unincorporated community in Pender County, North Carolina.

name

The largest township on, and the administrative centre of, King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

noun

Archaic form of curry.

Archaic

noun

Obsolete form of quarry.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the place in Edinburgh, possibly from Scottish Gaelic currach (“boggy plain”). * Also as a Scottish surname, from Corrie in Dumfriesshire. * Also as a Scottish surname, Scottish form of Curry, or Anglicized from Mac Mhuirich, see McMurray. * As an English surname, variant of Currey. * As an Arabic surname, Americanized from Khoury, Khouri. Compare Cury, Curry.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

curries (plural)

Phrases

Mount Currie

Homonyms

currey

Rhymes With

worry murray hurry surrey furry blurry uri flurry slurry surry scurry vickery

Questions

How do you pronounce currie?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɝi/.
What does currie mean?
A surname.
Where does currie come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce currie

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