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kinghorn

/kˈɪŋhɚn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
kinghorn
IPA
/kˈɪŋhɚn/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Kinghorns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce kinghorn?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪŋhɚn/.
What does kinghorn mean?
A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
Where does kinghorn come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce kinghorn

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