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gresham

/ˈɡɹɛʃ(ə)m/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
gre-sham
IPA
/ˈɡɹɛʃ(ə)m/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

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name

A placename:

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name

A placename:

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name

A placename:

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name

A placename:

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name

A placename:

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A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English græs (“grass”) + hām (“homestead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Greshams (plural)

Phrases

Gresham's law

Questions

How do you pronounce gresham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹɛʃ(ə)m/.
What does gresham mean?
A placename:
Where does gresham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce gresham

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