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edgecumbe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
edge-cumbe
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after Edgcumbe in Cornwall, England.

Etymology

From Edgcumbe, from Edgecomb, which is a topographic surname, from Old English eċġ (“edge”) + cumb (“narrow valley”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does edgecumbe mean?
A town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after Edgcumbe in Cornwall, England.
Where does edgecumbe come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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