Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leopardstown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: leop-ard-stown
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A southern suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, well known for its racecourse (Irish grid ref O 2025).

Etymology

From Irish Baile na Lobhar, town of the lepers. This later became Leperstown, which was corrupted to Leopardstown, erasing the leper connection.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does leopardstown mean?: A southern suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, well known for its racecourse (Irish grid ref O 2025).
Where does leopardstown come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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