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hever

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
hev-er
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).

name

A village in Flanders, Belgium.

Etymology

For the place in England: 'The settlement at the high ridge', from Old English Heanyfre, from hēah (“high”), in the oblique case hēan + *ȳfre (“ridge”), or perhaps the Kentish dialectal variant *ēfre (see ōfer for more). In reference to the site being located atop a hill overlooking the valley of the river Eden. Akin to Highover.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does hever mean?
A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).
Where does hever come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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