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portishead

/pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
por-tishead
IPA
/pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).

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Etymology

From the genitive singular of Old English port (“harbor”), portes + hēafod (“head”), meaning "the harbor headland".

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Questions

How do you pronounce portishead?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/.
What does portishead mean?
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).
Where does portishead come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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