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berwick-upon-tweed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
berwick--upon-tweed
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953).

name

A former local government district in Northumberland, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Northumberland unitary authority.

Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“settlement”) + name of river.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Berwick-on-Tweed (alternative, dated)

Phrases

North Berwick

Frequently Paired Words

North Berwick

Questions

What does berwick-upon-tweed mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953).
Where does berwick-upon-tweed come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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