Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buckinghamshire

/ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: buck-ing-hamshire
IPA: /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

name

Buckinghamshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2020 in all of Buckinghamshire except Milton Keynes.

Example Sentences

"The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday."

Etymology

From Old English Buccingahāmsċīr (“district of Bucca's home”), from Buccingahām + sċīr, first element from Bucca (see bucca (“he-goat”)) + -inga + ham. By surface analysis, Buckingham + -shire.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Buccingahāmsċīr

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

Bucks (alternative, abbreviation) Bucks. (alternative, abbreviation) Bck. (alternative, abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce buckinghamshire?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌk.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/.
What does buckinghamshire mean?: An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Where does buckinghamshire come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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