hythe
/hʌɪð/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A hamlet in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta, Canada, named after Hythe , Kent.
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A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).
name
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).
name
A suburban area in Colchester, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0124).
Example Sentences
- "That morn to other hythe we made our way / finding the peoples that before we found, / by a broad River, and we gave it name / from the high hol'iday when to port we came."
- "On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood. By it were moored many boats and barges."
Etymology
From Old English hȳþ.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: hȳþ
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /hʌɪð/