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killingbeck

/kˈɪlɪŋbˌɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
killing-beck
IPA
/kˈɪlɪŋbˌɛk/
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place near Leeds, most probably named with the Old Norse personal name Killing + bekkr (“brook, creek”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Killingbecks (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce killingbeck?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪlɪŋbˌɛk/.
What does killingbeck mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does killingbeck come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce killingbeck

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