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nithsdale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
niths-dale
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hood that can be drawn over the face.

name

The valley of the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.

Etymology

From the Jacobite Earl of Nithsdale who escaped from the Tower in women's clothes brought in by his wife, in 1716.

Inflected Forms

Nithsdales (plural)

Synonyms

Strathnith Stranith Strani

Questions

What does nithsdale mean?
A hood that can be drawn over the face.
Where does nithsdale come from?
From the Jacobite Earl of Nithsdale who escaped from the Tower in women's clothes brought in by his wife, in 1716.

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