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eggington

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
egging-ton
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Eggingtons (plural) Eginton (alternative)

Questions

What does eggington mean?
A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).
Where does eggington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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