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garstang

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
garstang
IPA
/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old Norse geirr (“spear, lance”) + stǫng (“staff, pole”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Garstangs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce garstang?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/.
What does garstang mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945).
Where does garstang come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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