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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balmain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
bal-main
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb and an electoral district of Sydney in the Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place in Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + meadhan (“middle, center”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Balmains (plural)

Phrases

Balmain bug Balmain East

Questions

What does balmain mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does balmain come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce balmain

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