Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avebury

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: ave-bury
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish west of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, location of a prehistoric stone circle (OS grid ref SU1069).

Example Sentences

"Entering Avebury from any direction is like stepping back into the past. Before the centre of the village is reached, the road passes through an immense circle of brooding stones which stand like petrified ghosts of an age about which little is known."

Questions

What does avebury mean?: A village and civil parish west of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, location of a prehistoric stone circle (OS grid ref SU1069).

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