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garnsey

/ɡˈɑɹnsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
gar-nsey
IPA
/ɡˈɑɹnsi/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Norman.

Etymology

* English surname of Norman origin, from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, from the Old English personal name Gārmund, see Garman. * Also as a habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Germisay, in Lorraine. It could also be a habitational surname from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The second element of both of these is probably Old Norse ey (“island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Garnseys (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce garnsey?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɑɹnsi/.
What does garnsey mean?
A surname from Norman.
Where does garnsey come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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