Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penicuik

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: penicuik
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).

Etymology

From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *ı (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cog (“cuckoo”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *penn, *ı, *cog

Questions

What does penicuik mean?: A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).
Where does penicuik come from?: From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *ı (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cog (“cuckoo”).

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