Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gurnee

/ɡɚnˈi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: gurnee
IPA: /ɡɚnˈi/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and suburb in north Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States.

name

Etymology

* As a French surname, Americanized from Garnier. * As an English surname, variant of Gurney.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce gurnee?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɚnˈi/.
What does gurnee mean?: A village and suburb in north Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Where does gurnee come from?: It is traced to French.

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