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meltham

/ˈmɛlθəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
meltham
IPA
/ˈmɛlθəm/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).

Etymology

From Middle English Meltham, perhaps from Old English *melt (“smelting”) or mealt (“malt”) + Old English hām (“-ham”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Meltham, hām

Questions

How do you pronounce meltham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛlθəm/.
What does meltham mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1010).
Where does meltham come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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