Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perry barr

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
per-ry barr
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).

Etymology

From Old English pirige (“pear tree”) + a district name from Proto-Brythonic *bar (“tip, point, peak”) (cf. Scottish Gaelic bàrr).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does perry barr mean?
A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0691).
Where does perry barr come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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