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dewsbury

/ˈdjuːzbəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
dews-bury
IPA
/ˈdjuːzbəɹi/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2421).

name

A surname.

Etymology

From the Welsh personal name Dewi, adapted into the Old English genitive case *Dewes + byriġ, the dative case of Old English burh (“fort”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Duesbury (alternative) Jewesbury (alternative) Jewsbury (alternative) Joesbury (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dewsbury?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdjuːzbəɹi/.
What does dewsbury mean?
A minster town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2421).
Where does dewsbury come from?
It is traced to Welsh.

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