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devizes

/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
de-vizes
IPA
/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).

Etymology

From Latin. Because the castle was on the boundaries of the manors of Rowde, Bishops Cannings and Potterne it became known as the castrum ad divisas ("the castle at the boundaries"). On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as The Devyses.

Questions

How do you pronounce devizes?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈvaɪzɪz/.
What does devizes mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).
Where does devizes come from?
From Latin. Because the castle was on the boundaries of the manors of Rowde, Bishops Cannings and Potterne it became known as the castrum ad divisas ("the castle at the boundaries"). On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as The Devyses.

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