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kilburn

/kɪlbɜːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
kil-burn
IPA
/kɪlbɜːn/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb in the borough of Brent and borough of Camden, London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ245835).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK385455).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Kilburn High and Low parish, previously in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England, divided into High Kilburn and Low Kilburn (OS grid ref SE512797).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /kɪlbɜːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kilburns (plural) Kilborn (alternative) Kilbourn (alternative) Kilbourne (alternative)

Phrases

High Kilburn Kilburn High and Low Low Kilburn South Kilburn

Rhymes With

millburn wilburn kilbourne hilburn kilborn kilbourn hilborn wilborn wilbourn

Questions

How do you pronounce kilburn?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɪlbɜːn/.
What does kilburn mean?
A suburb in the borough of Brent and borough of Camden, London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ245835).
Where does kilburn come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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