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colburn

/kˈoʊlbɚn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
col-burn
IPA
/kˈoʊlbɚn/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).

Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Colburns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce colburn?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊlbɚn/.
What does colburn mean?
A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).
Where does colburn come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce colburn

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