Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inverness-shire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: in-ver-ness-shire
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former county of Scotland, including Inverness, absorbed into Highland Region in 1975.

Etymology

From Inverness + -shire.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Inverness

Inflected Forms

Invernessshire (alternative)

Questions

What does inverness-shire mean?: A former county of Scotland, including Inverness, absorbed into Highland Region in 1975.
Where does inverness-shire come from?: From Inverness + -shire.

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