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oglethorpe

/ˈoʊɡəlθˌɔɹp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
oglethor-pe
IPA
/ˈoʊɡəlθˌɔɹp/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Oglethorpes (plural)

Phrases

Bramham cum Oglethorpe Oglethorpe County

Questions

How do you pronounce oglethorpe?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊɡəlθˌɔɹp/.
What does oglethorpe mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does oglethorpe come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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