vernon
/ˈvɝnən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.
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A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
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An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
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A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.
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A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.
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A locale in the United States:
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A locale in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him."
Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɝnən/
- British English: /ˈvɜːnən/