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greenlaw

/ɡɹˈinlˌɔ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
green-law
IPA
/ɡɹˈinlˌɔ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hlǣw (“mountain, mound, hill”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Greenlaws (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce greenlaw?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈinlˌɔ/.
What does greenlaw mean?
A town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).
Where does greenlaw come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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