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girvan

/ɡˈɝvən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
gir-van
IPA
/ɡˈɝvən/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1897).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr (“short”) + abhainn (“river”). Alternatively, from garbh (“rough”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Girvans (plural) Girven (alternative) Girvin (alternative)

Phrases

Girvan-Newman algorithm

Homonyms

girven

Rhymes With

kirven girven

Questions

How do you pronounce girvan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɝvən/.
What does girvan mean?
A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1897).
Where does girvan come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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