Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whitchurch

/wˈɪttʃˌɝtʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: whitchurch
IPA: /wˈɪttʃˌɝtʃ/

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A number of places in England:

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A number of places in England:

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A number of places in England:

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A number of places in England:

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A number of places in England:

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name

A number of places in England:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We lived then in Whitchurch, the Shropshire Whitchurch, which unlike all the half dozen other Whitchurches of England, is a place of no little railway interest."

Etymology

From Old English hwit + cirice (“white church”), presumably built from whitish stone.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hwit + cirice

Usage

Inflected Forms

Whitchurches (plural)

Phrases

Whitchurch Canonicorum Whitchurch-on-Thames Whitchurch Rural Whitchurch-Stouffville Whitchurch Urban

Questions

How do you pronounce whitchurch?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪttʃˌɝtʃ/.
What does whitchurch mean?: A number of places in England:
Where does whitchurch come from?: It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce whitchurch

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