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brora

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
bro-ra
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC9004).

name

A river in Sutherland, Highland council area, which flows into the North Sea at Brora.

Etymology

From Old Norse brú (genitive brúar) + á (“river with a bridge”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does brora mean?
A coastal village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC9004).
Where does brora come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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