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maxey

/mˈæksi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
max-ey
IPA
/mˈæksi/
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: eġ, Maccus, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Maxeys (plural) Maxcy (alternative)

Homonyms

maxi maxie maxy maxcy

Rhymes With

taxi maxi waxy maxie maxy laxey craxi maxcy

Questions

How do you pronounce maxey?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈæksi/.
What does maxey mean?
A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).
Where does maxey come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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