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ashburton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
ash-bur-ton
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).

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A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.

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A river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.

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A large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

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A river (with two branches) in Canterbury, New Zealand which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.

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A territorial authority that includes the town, in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Ashburton District.

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A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ashtree”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

ashburtonite Ashvegas

Questions

What does ashburton mean?
A small town and civil parish in Teignbridge district, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7569).
Where does ashburton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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