peebles
/pˈibəlz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
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A surname.
Etymology
* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion. * The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Peebles, Na, -, *pėbɨll, pāpiliō