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kerr

/kɛɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
kerr
IPA
/kɛɹ/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

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A township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

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A census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

* As an English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, from Middle English kerr (“brushwood”), possibly related to Irish Gaelic ceàrr (“left-handed”) and/or Old Norse kjarr. * As an Irish surname, variant of Carr. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kehr. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mac gille chéir (“son of the dusky laid”), from ciar (“black”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: kerr, kjarr, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɛɹ/
  • British English: /kɜː/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Kerrs (plural)

Derived Forms

Kerrville

Phrases

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Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce kerr?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɛɹ/.
What does kerr mean?
A surname.
Where does kerr come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce kerr

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