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king's lynn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
king's -lynn
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and port in Norfolk, England.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool, lake”), with Middle English king added in the reign of Henry VIII. The name has also been explained as Old English lean (“tenue”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Questions

What does king's lynn mean?
A market town and port in Norfolk, England.
Where does king's lynn come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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