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faversham

/ˈfævɚʃəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
faver-sham
IPA
/ˈfævɚʃəm/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈfævɚʃəm/
  • British English: /ˈfævəʃəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Favershams (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce faversham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfævɚʃəm/.
What does faversham mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).
Where does faversham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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