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congleton

/ˈkɒŋɡəltən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
con-gle-ton
IPA
/ˈkɒŋɡəltən/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English cung (“mound”) + hyll (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈkɒŋɡəltən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Congletons (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce congleton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒŋɡəltən/.
What does congleton mean?
A town and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ854628).
Where does congleton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce congleton

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