groton
/ɡɹˈɑtən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A place in the United States:
name
A place in the United States:
name
A place in the United States:
name
A place in the United States:
name
A place in the United States:
name
A place in the United States:
Etymology
In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: groten + ēa