Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hakluyt

/ˈhæklʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: hak-luyt
IPA: /ˈhæklʊt/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from the forest of Cluid. Between the 14th and 16th centuries, several individuals with the surnames Hakelute, de Hackluit or Hackluit, and Hakeluytt were recorded in Herefordshire.

Inflected Forms

Hakluyts (plural)

Derived Forms

Hakluytian

Questions

How do you pronounce hakluyt?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæklʊt/.
What does hakluyt mean?: A surname.
Where does hakluyt come from?: Possibly ultimately from the forest of Cluid. Between the 14th and 16th centuries, several individuals with the surnames Hakelute, de Hackluit or Hackluit, and Hakeluytt were recorded in Herefordshire.

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