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carberry

/kˈɑɹbˌɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
car-ber-ry
IPA
/kˈɑɹbˌɛɹi/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, Manitoba, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: craobh, Ó Cairbre

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Carberrys (plural)

Rhymes With

marbury marberry scarberry yarberry

Questions

How do you pronounce carberry?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑɹbˌɛɹi/.
What does carberry mean?
A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
Where does carberry come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce carberry

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