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hollowood

/hɒləʊwʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hol-lowood
IPA
/hɒləʊwʊd/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

A topographic surname for someone who lived by a wooded hollow, from Middle English holwe (“hollow”) + wode (“wood”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /hɒləʊwʊd/

Inflected Forms

Hollowoods (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce hollowood?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɒləʊwʊd/.
What does hollowood mean?
A surname from Middle English.
Where does hollowood come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hollowood

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