perth
/pɝθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
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The state capital of Western Australia.
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A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
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A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
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A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
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A locale in the United States.
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A locale in the United States.
Etymology
From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɝθ/
- British English: /pɜːθ/