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coldingham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
cold-ing-ham
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal village and community council area in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9066).

Etymology

The second element, -ingham, is ultimately from Old English -ing + hām (“home”). The first element, Cold, is either from an unattested Old English given name, *Colud, or from hypothetical Proto-Celtic *kolout- (“hill”). Old English forms also include Old English Coludesburh, from the genitive of the same first element + burh (“town, fortress”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -ing, *kolout-, Coludesburh

Questions

What does coldingham mean?
A coastal village and community council area in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9066).
Where does coldingham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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