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liverpool

/ˈlɪvə(ɹ)ˌpuːl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
liv-er-pool
IPA
/ˈlɪvə(ɹ)ˌpuːl/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.

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A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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A local government area in New South Wales, which includes the suburb; in full, the City of Liverpool.

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A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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A small village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.

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A neighbourhood of Lake Station, on the site of Liverpool, a former town in Lake County, Indiana.

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A village in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

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A small borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old English *Liferpōl, from lifer (“thick water”, literally “liver”) + pōl (“pool”). Compare Old English lifrig (“thick, clotted”, literally “livery”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Liverpools (plural)

Phrases

Liverpool Plains Liverpool Street seaport in Merseyside

Frequently Paired Words

seaport in Merseyside

Questions

How do you pronounce liverpool?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪvə(ɹ)ˌpuːl/.
What does liverpool mean?
A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.
Where does liverpool come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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