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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melville

/mˈɛlvɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
melville
IPA
/mˈɛlvɪl/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.

Countable

name

A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Melvilles (plural)

Derived Forms

Melvillean Melvillian

Phrases

Melville Forest Melville Island Melville Peninsula Mount Melville Herman Melville (1819-1891) American novelist and poet

Frequently Paired Words

Herman Melville (1819-1891) American novelist essayist and poet

Questions

How do you pronounce melville?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛlvɪl/.
What does melville mean?
A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.

How to pronounce melville

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