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beswick

/bˈɛswɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
beswick
IPA
/bˈɛswɪk/
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Partly from Middle English Bexwic, from Old English *Bēaceswīc (literally “Beac's farm”); and partly the Old Norse personal name Bø̄si or Besi + Old English wīc (“village”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Bexwic, *Bēaceswīc, -, wīc

Usage

Inflected Forms

Beswicks (plural) Bestwick (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce beswick?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛswɪk/.
What does beswick mean?
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481).
Where does beswick come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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