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dunston

/dˈʌnstən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
dun-ston
IPA
/dˈʌnstən/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0662).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village in Stoke Holy Cross parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2202).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, south of Stafford (OS grid ref SJ9217).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2262).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English personal name Dunn, genitive case *Dunnes + tūn (“farm”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Dunstons (plural)

Homonyms

dunstan

Rhymes With

dunstan funston

Questions

How do you pronounce dunston?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈʌnstən/.
What does dunston mean?
A surname.
Where does dunston come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce dunston

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