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lerwick

/ˈlɛɹɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
ler-wick
IPA
/ˈlɛɹɪk/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in and the administrative centre of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.

Etymology

From Norn Larvik, from Old Norse Leirvík, from leir (“clay”) + vík (“bay”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

eric generic derek atmospheric derrick cleric esoteric numeric berwick stratospheric alphanumeric ferric

Questions

How do you pronounce lerwick?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛɹɪk/.
What does lerwick mean?
A town in and the administrative centre of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
Where does lerwick come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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