hornsby
/hˈɔɹnzbi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A habitational surname from Old Norse.
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A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
name
A local government area in north Sydney, New South Wales; in full, Hornsby Shire.
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A town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States.
Etymology
From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).
Origin
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