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bordon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
bor-don
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).

noun

Alternative spelling of bourdon (“pilgrim's staff”).

Etymology

Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

bordons (plural)

Questions

What does bordon mean?
A town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).
Where does bordon come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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