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lowestoft

/ˈloʊstɒft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
low-est-oft
IPA
/ˈloʊstɒft/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).

Etymology

From Old Norse Hloðvér (“a personal name”) + toft (“homestead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Lowestoftian

Phrases

Lowestoft Ness

Questions

How do you pronounce lowestoft?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈloʊstɒft/.
What does lowestoft mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).
Where does lowestoft come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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