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ellerton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
eller-ton
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE704398).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Cheswardine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ715258).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

The name of the village in the East Riding of Yorkshire derives from the Old English personal name Æþelheard + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the hamlet in Shropshire is from Old English alor (“alder”) + tūn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ellertons (plural)

Phrases

Ellerton-on-Swale

Questions

What does ellerton mean?
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE704398).
Where does ellerton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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