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inverness

/ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
in-ver-ness
IPA
/ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.

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A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.

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A rural community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.

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A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden.

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Etymology

From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/
  • British English: /ˈɪn.vəˌnɛs/

Inflected Forms

Invernesses (plural)

Phrases

Inverness County Inverness-shire

Questions

How do you pronounce inverness?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/.
What does inverness mean?
A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.
Where does inverness come from?
From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.

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