Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geddes

/ˈɡɛdɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
ged-des
IPA
/ˈɡɛdɪs/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Onondaga County, New York; named for American engineer and surveyor James Geddes.

Inflected Forms

Questions

How do you pronounce geddes?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɛdɪs/.
What does geddes mean?
A locality in Nairnshire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8852).

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