Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penshaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-shaw
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3253).

Etymology

Historically Pencher. From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *cerr, plural of Cumbric *carr (“rocks”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *penn, *cerr, *carr

Questions

What does penshaw mean?: A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3253).
Where does penshaw come from?: Historically Pencher. From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *cerr, plural of Cumbric *carr (“rocks”).

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