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hilburn

/hˈɪlbɚn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
hilburn
IPA
/hˈɪlbɚn/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Castro County, Texas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a now lost place, from Old English hyll (“hill”) + burne (“brook, stream”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hilburns (plural) Hilbun (alternative)

Homonyms

hilborn

Rhymes With

kilburn millburn wilburn kilbourne kilborn kilbourn hilborn wilborn wilbourn

Questions

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

How to pronounce hilburn

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