oulton
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A village and civil parish of Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1328).
Countable; Uncountable
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A hamlet near Norbury, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS, grid ref SJ7822).
Countable; Uncountable
name
A village near Stone in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9135).
Countable; Uncountable
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A suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5294).
Countable; Uncountable
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A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3628).
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Various origins: * The hamlet in Cumbria derives from the Old English personal name *Wulfa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Norfolk derives from the Old Norse personal name Ouðulf + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in West Yorkshire derives from Old English eald (“old”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Olton, Outen.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, tūn, eald