colchester
/ˈkɔltʃɛstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
Etymology
From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Colneċeaster, ceaster
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔltʃɛstɚ/
- British English: /ˈkɒltʃɛstə/