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anglesey

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
An-gle-sey
IPA
/ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county was merged into Gwynedd in 1974.

name

A unitary authority in Wales, Isle of Anglesey County Council, created in 1996 when it was separated from Gwynedd.

name

A marquisate in the peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Etymology

Possibly of Old Norse origin, from Ǫngullsey (“hook island”) (ǫngull + ey) or Ǫnglisey (“Ǫngli's island”), the name Ǫngli itself being a variant of Ǫngull and from the former noun. Folk etymology confused the name with that of the Angles. More at Anglesey.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

Ynys Môn

Questions

How do you pronounce anglesey?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/.
What does anglesey mean?
An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county was merged into Gwynedd in 1974.
Where does anglesey come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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