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haddon

/hˈædən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
had-don
IPA
/hˈædən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1392).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Johannesburg in Gauteng province, South Africa.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

# For the place in Cambridgeshire: 'Hædda's Hill', from Middle English Haddedune, from Old English personal name Headda + dūn (“hill”). # For all other places in England (including derivative compounds): 'Heath Hill', from Old English hæþ (“heath”) + dūn (“hill”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Haddedune, -, hæþ

Usage

Inflected Forms

Haddons (plural)

Derived Forms

Haddonfield

Phrases

Haddon Heights

Homonyms

hadden

Rhymes With

madden mcfadden hadden gladden sadden fadden mcspadden cadden padden nevadan mcfaddin shadden

Questions

How do you pronounce haddon?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈædən/.
What does haddon mean?
A surname.
Where does haddon come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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