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blenheim

/ˈblɛnəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
blenheim
IPA
/ˈblɛnəm/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

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An unincorporated community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

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A former township merged into Blandford-Blenheim township, Oxford County, Ontario.

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A town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, the largest in the region.

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Example Sentences

Etymology

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

Inflected Forms

Blenheims (plural)

Phrases

Blandford-Blenheim

Rhymes With

venom plenum phenom

Questions

How do you pronounce blenheim?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblɛnəm/.
What does blenheim mean?
A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
Where does blenheim come from?
The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

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