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murton

/mˈɝtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
mur-ton
IPA
/mˈɝtən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7221).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A large village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3947).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6452).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3270).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Bishopston community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5888).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English mōr (“moor, marsh, fen”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Murtons (plural)

Homonyms

merten

Rhymes With

certain uncertain curtain burton merton turton wolverton emerton kirton girton berton howerton

Questions

How do you pronounce murton?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɝtən/.
What does murton mean?
A small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7221).
Where does murton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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