Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bantry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
bantry
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

name

A locality in Alberta, Canada.

Etymology

From Irish Beanntraí, from Old Irish Benntraige (“people of Benn”). The North American place names derive from the Irish toponym.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Beanntraí, Benntraige

Phrases

Questions

What does bantry mean?
A town in West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
Where does bantry come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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