Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quainton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: quain-ton
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).

Etymology

From Old English *Cwēntūn, from cwēn (“queen”) + tūn (“town”). Doublet of Queenstown and Queenston.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: *Cwēntūn

Questions

What does quainton mean?: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).
Where does quainton come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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