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butterwick

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter-wick
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hamlet in Bampton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5119).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village near Fishburn, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ385912).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Boston district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387448).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Barton-le-Street parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE733775).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Foxholes parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE991712).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English butere (“butter”) + wīċ (“village”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Butterwicks (plural) Buttrick (alternative)

Questions

What does butterwick mean?
A hamlet in Bampton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5119).
Where does butterwick come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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