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holtby

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
holt-by
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6754).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Holti + býr (“settlement”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Holtbys (plural)

Questions

What does holtby mean?
A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6754).
Where does holtby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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