Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clouston

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
clous-ton
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A settlement on Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3011).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in the Orkney islands, from Old Norse Klóstathr.

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Questions

What does clouston mean?
A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Where does clouston come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce clouston

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