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caldecott

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
calde-cott
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, originally in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9968).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4996).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8693).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Caldecote and Calcott, which share the same etymology.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Caldecotts (plural) Callcott (alternative)

Questions

What does caldecott mean?
A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.
Where does caldecott come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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