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kinnear

/kˈɪnˌɪɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
kin-n-ear
IPA
/kˈɪnˌɪɹ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from Kinneir, in Fife, apparently from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“headland”) + iar (“west”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kinnears (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce kinnear?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɪnˌɪɹ/.
What does kinnear mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does kinnear come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce kinnear

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