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burby

/bˈɝbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bur-by
IPA
/bˈɝbi/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Etymology

English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, probably from Old Norse in view of the suffix -by.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Burbys (plural)

Rhymes With

derby kirby herbie furby irby kerby ellerbee yearby yerby erby curby

Questions

How do you pronounce burby?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝbi/.
What does burby mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does burby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce burby

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