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mendip hills

/mɛn.dɪp hɪlz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
mendip hills
IPA
/mɛn.dɪp hɪlz/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geographic area consisting of a mountain range of limestone hills in Somerset, England.

Etymology

from Middle English Mendepe, possibly via Anglo-Norman *Mendepe. The exact origin is uncertain; possibly a hybrid of Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, (“mountain”) and Old English yppe, (“upland hill” or “hunting upland”), possibly reconstructed as Old English *myned-yppe. Alternatively, a medieval folk form includes Middle English Myne-deepes (“mine-deeps”). + hills. For a further alternative to the above speculative conjectures, please see a remotely possible comparison in the 'discussion' page.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Mendepe, *Mendepe, *mönɨð, yppe, Myne-deepes

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /mɛn.dɪp hɪlz/

Frequently Paired Words

Mendip mendipite

Synonyms

Mendips

Rhymes With

skills bills hills old as the hills kills mills pills fills wills drills chills spills

Questions

How do you pronounce mendip hills?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɛn.dɪp hɪlz/.
What does mendip hills mean?
A geographic area consisting of a mountain range of limestone hills in Somerset, England.
Where does mendip hills come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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