Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fremantle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: fre-man-tle
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname from Old French.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Fremantle.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fremantles (plural)

Phrases

North Fremantle

Synonyms

Freo

Questions

What does fremantle mean?: An English surname from Old French.
Where does fremantle come from?: The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.

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