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holford

/hˈoʊlfɚd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
hol-ford
IPA
/hˈoʊlfɚd/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1541).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A neighbourhood of Perry Barr, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0791).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Holfords (plural)

Rhymes With

wolford wohlford

Questions

How do you pronounce holford?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈoʊlfɚd/.
What does holford mean?
A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1541).
Where does holford come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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