Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilrush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: kil-rush
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal town in County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref Q 9955).

Etymology

From Irish Cill Rois, a compound of cill (“church”) + ros (“headland”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Cill Rois

Questions

What does kilrush mean?: A coastal town in County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref Q 9955).
Where does kilrush come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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