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holderness

/hˈoʊldɚnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
hold-er-ness
IPA
/hˈoʊldɚnəs/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫldr (“man, hero”) + nes (“headland”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Holdernesses (plural) Holness (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce holderness?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈoʊldɚnəs/.
What does holderness mean?
A coastal area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Where does holderness come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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