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balbriggan

/bælˈbɹɪɡn̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
bal-brig-gan
IPA
/bælˈbɹɪɡn̩/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2064).

Etymology

From Balbriggan, a place in Ireland.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

balbriggans (plural)

Rhymes With

mcguigan ligon riggan tigon riggen wigen

Questions

How do you pronounce balbriggan?
The recorded pronunciation is /bælˈbɹɪɡn̩/.
What does balbriggan mean?
An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear.
Where does balbriggan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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