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costello

/kɑˈstɛloʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
costel-lo
IPA
/kɑˈstɛloʊ/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locality in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia, named after John Costello (pastoralist).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oisdealbhaigh (“son of Oisdealbhach”), a personal name composed of the elements os (“deer”) and dealbhach (“resembling, in the form of”). * As an Italian surname, Americanized from Castello. * As a Serbo-Croatian or Slovene surname, Americanized from Kostelec, Kostevc, from Kostelsko region in Lower Carniola, named after Kostel Castle, from earlier Costel, Slavicized from Latin castrum (“fortress”), hence related to the Italian above.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɑˈstɛloʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Costellos (plural) Costilow (alternative) Costley (alternative) Costlow (alternative)

Phrases

Costello syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

Costelloe

Rhymes With

fellow yellow mellow cello melo marcelo bello othello belo jello monticello bellow

Questions

How do you pronounce costello?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑˈstɛloʊ/.
What does costello mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does costello come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce costello

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