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pilkington

/pˈɪlkɪŋtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
pilk-ing-ton
IPA
/pˈɪlkɪŋtən/
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from an Old English personal name *Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Pilkingtons (plural) Pilkinton (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pilkington?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɪlkɪŋtən/.
What does pilkington mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does pilkington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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