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cottingham

/kˈɑtɪŋhˌæm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
cot-ting-ham
IPA
/kˈɑtɪŋhˌæm/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0432).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Corby borough (OS grid ref SP8490).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cotta + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Cottinghams (plural)

Rhymes With

nottingham

Questions

How do you pronounce cottingham?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɑtɪŋhˌæm/.
What does cottingham mean?
A large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0432).
Where does cottingham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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