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warwick

/ˈwɔɹɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
war-wick
IPA
/ˈwɔɹɪk/
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).

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A local government district in Warwickshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Leamington Spa.

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A habitational surname from Old English from the English town.

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Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

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Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

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Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

name

Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

name

Any of various other towns and cities around the world taking their name from the English town or from someone with this surname.

Etymology

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈwɔɹɪk/
  • British English: /ˈwɒɹɪk/

Derived Forms

Warwickian warwickite Warwickshire

Phrases

Warwick Farm West Warwick

Rhymes With

horwich historic prehistoric caloric euphoric meteoric doric dysphoric toric lauric fluoric choric

Questions

How do you pronounce warwick?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɔɹɪk/.
What does warwick mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).
Where does warwick come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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