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ormsby

/ˈɔɹmzbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
orms-by
IPA
/ˈɔɹmzbi/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of South Ormsby in Lincolnshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + býr (“village”). Compare Ormesby.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Ormsbys (plural)

Questions

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

How to pronounce ormsby

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