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chepstow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
chep-stow
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the border with England but separated by the River Wye (OS grid ref ST5393).

Etymology

From Old English ċīepa (“merchant, tradesman”) + stōw (“place”), to denote a marketplace or trading center.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does chepstow mean?
A town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the border with England but separated by the River Wye (OS grid ref ST5393).
Where does chepstow come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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