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liddesdale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
lid-des-dale
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The valley of Liddel Water, a river in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire.

Etymology

From Middle English Lidelesdale (1179) &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Lidelesdale, hlÿde

Questions

What does liddesdale mean?
The valley of Liddel Water, a river in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire.
Where does liddesdale come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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