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oxenholme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
ox-en-holme
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Kendal parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5389).

Etymology

From Old English oxna, genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + Old Norse holmr (“pasture near a water source”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does oxenholme mean?
A village in Kendal parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5389).
Where does oxenholme come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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