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cockburn

/ˈkoʊbəɹn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
cock-burn
IPA
/ˈkoʊbəɹn/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small town and locality in the outback of South Australia, on the border with New South Wales.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A local government area in Perth, Western Australia, named after Cockburn Sound and Sir George Cockburn; in full, the City of Cockburn.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname, from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + burne (“stream, brook, river”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Cockburns (plural) Coburn (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce cockburn?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoʊbəɹn/.
What does cockburn mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does cockburn come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce cockburn

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