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dunton

/dˈʌntən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
dun-ton
IPA
/dˈʌntən/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Duntons (plural)

Phrases

Dunton Bassett Dunton Green Dunton Wayletts

Rhymes With

brunton bunton hunton bunten

Questions

How do you pronounce dunton?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈʌntən/.
What does dunton mean?
A placename:
Where does dunton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce dunton

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