Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chorlton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: chorl-ton
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Ellipsis of Chorlton-on-Medlock: an inner city area of Manchester, England; a former separate town and parish.

Countable; Uncountable

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A village and former civil parish, now in Hough and Chorlton parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7250).

Countable; Uncountable

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A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, which includes the hamlet of Chorlton Lane (OS grid ref SJ4547).

Countable; Uncountable

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A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

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Ellipsis of Chorlton-cum-Hardy: a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8193).

Countable; Uncountable

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A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English ċeorl (“churl: freeman, peasant”) + -tūn (“-ton: enclosure, estate, town”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: ċeorl, Ċēolfriþ

Usage

Inflected Forms

Chorltons (plural)

Phrases

Chapel and Hill Chorlton Chapel Chorlton Chorlton-on-Medlock Chorlton Row Chorlton-upon-Medlock Hill Chorlton Hough and Chorlton Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Questions

What does chorlton mean?: Ellipsis of Chorlton-on-Medlock: an inner city area of Manchester, England; a former separate town and parish.
Where does chorlton come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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