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holmyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
holm-yard
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a holm surrounded by a fenced or walled area, from Old Norse holmr (“islet, holm”) + Old English ġeard (“enclosed place”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: holmr, ġeard

Inflected Forms

Holmyards (plural)

Questions

What does holmyard mean?
A surname.
Where does holmyard come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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