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niddrie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
nid-drie
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).

name

A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

name

An unincorporated place in the Unorganized Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots Nuddrie, Nydrie, from Early Scots Nudre, from earlier Nodref, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð (“new”) + *treβ (“farm”), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *trebā.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Nudre, -, *nowiyos

Questions

What does niddrie mean?
A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).
Where does niddrie come from?
Borrowed from Middle Scots Nuddrie, Nydrie, from Early Scots Nudre, from earlier Nodref, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð (“new”) + *treβ (“farm”), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *trebā.

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