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higginbotham

/hɪɡɪnbˈɑθəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
hig-gin-both-am
IPA
/hɪɡɪnbˈɑθəm/
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, now called Oakenbottom, from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + botm (“bottom; broad valley”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Higginbothams (plural) Hickenbottom (alternative) Higgenbotham (alternative) Higginbottom (alternative) Higinbotham (alternative)

Rhymes With

gotham botham cotham

Questions

How do you pronounce higginbotham?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɪɡɪnbˈɑθəm/.
What does higginbotham mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does higginbotham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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