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birdwell

/bˈɝdwˌɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
bird-well
IPA
/bˈɝdwˌɛl/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3401).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English bridd (“chick, chickhen; bird”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Birdwells (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce birdwell?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝdwˌɛl/.
What does birdwell mean?
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3401).
Where does birdwell come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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