Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ellesmere

/ˈɛlzmɪə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
ellesmere
IPA
/ˈɛlzmɪə(ɹ)/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lagoon in Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Lake Ellesmere.

name

The Earl of Ellesmere, a title in the British peerage, named after Ellesmere, Shropshire.

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Questions

How do you pronounce ellesmere?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛlzmɪə(ɹ)/.
What does ellesmere mean?
A town in Ellesmere Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3934).

How to pronounce ellesmere

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