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ashdown

/ˈæʃdˌaʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
ash-down
IPA
/ˈæʃdˌaʊn/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Ashdowns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ashdown?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæʃdˌaʊn/.
What does ashdown mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does ashdown come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce ashdown

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