Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chippenham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
chip-pen-ham
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9173).

name

A suburb of Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5012).

Etymology

From Old English Ċippanham, from the personal name *Cippa, genitive singular *Cippan + hamm (“promontory”).

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What does chippenham mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9173).
Where does chippenham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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