Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brigham

/bɹˈɪɡəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: brigham
IPA: /bɹˈɪɡəm/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

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A village and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0830).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village in Foston on the Wolds parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0753).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A municipality in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

Usage

Inflected Forms

Brighams (plural)

Derived Forms

Brighamite

Phrases

Brigham City Brigham tea

Rhymes With

whigham

Questions

How do you pronounce brigham?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈɪɡəm/.
What does brigham mean?: A surname.
Where does brigham come from?: From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

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