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ellesborough

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
elles-bor-ough
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306).

Etymology

Recorded as Esenberge in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English esol (“ass, donkey”) + beorg (“hill”), denoting a place where asses were pastured.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does ellesborough mean?
A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306).
Where does ellesborough come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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