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athelstan

/ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
Athel-stan
IPA
/ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A male given name.

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A surname.

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A small town south of Huntingdon in Quebec, Canada.

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A community in Iowa.

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A king of the Anglo-Saxons.

Etymology

An Anglo-Saxon male given name derived from Old English æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”), meaning "Gem". Old English variants are Æþelstān and Æðelstān. In modern English it is also found as Æthelstan, Athelstane, Addleston, Athelston, Athelstone and Ethelstone, usually surnames or place names. It is akin to the Dutch noun edelsteen and German noun and surname Edelstein and the Icelandic male given name Aðalsteinn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Athelstane (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce athelstan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/.
What does athelstan mean?
A male given name.
Where does athelstan come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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