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penwortham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
pen-wortham
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish in South Ribble district, near Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref (approx) SD5228). It appears on maps as Higher Penwortham, Lower Penwortham and Penwortham Lane.

name

A small town in the Clare Valley, South Australia.

Etymology

Probably from Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Old English worþham (“(high status) land holding”). Or else, the full name may be equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top summitt”) + y (“(of) the”) + werddon (“green”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does penwortham mean?
A town and civil parish in South Ribble district, near Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref (approx) SD5228). It appears on maps as Higher Penwortham, Lower Penwortham and Penwortham Lane.
Where does penwortham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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