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mumby

/mˈʌmbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
mum-by
IPA
/mˈʌmbi/
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5174).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Mundi + býr (“village, settlement”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mumbys (plural)

Rhymes With

crumby cumbie cumby

Questions

How do you pronounce mumby?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈʌmbi/.
What does mumby mean?
A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5174).
Where does mumby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce mumby

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