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sherrington

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
sher-ring-ton
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish (without a council) in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9639).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Sċīra, itself from sċīr (“bright, shining”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sherringtons (plural)

Questions

What does sherrington mean?
A village and civil parish (without a council) in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9639).
Where does sherrington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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