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bottomley

/bˈɑtəmli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
bot-tom-ley
IPA
/bˈɑtəmli/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English botm (“bottom; abyss”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bottom + -ley (“lea”); compare the name Bottom.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bottomleys (plural) Bothamley (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bottomley?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑtəmli/.
What does bottomley mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does bottomley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce bottomley

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