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jarrow

/ˈd͡ʒæroʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
jar-row
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒæroʊ/
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).

Etymology

From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English on Ġyrwum (“(at the) marshes”) (Latin: in Gyruum), dative plural of ġyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”). Related to gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”). The dʒ sound in Middle English j derives from a nasal before palatalised ġ (compare singe).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Jarwe, on, *gurwijō, *gʷʰer-, *gurą

Inflected Forms

Jarra (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce jarrow?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒæroʊ/.
What does jarrow mean?
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).
Where does jarrow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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