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rowton

/ɹˈoʊtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
row-ton
IPA
/ɹˈoʊtən/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Roughton.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Rowtons (plural)

Homonyms

wroten rhoton

Rhymes With

stoughton wotan verboten minnesotan moten wroten rotan dakotan doten broten rhoton rhoten

Questions

How do you pronounce rowton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈoʊtən/.
What does rowton mean?
A placename:
Where does rowton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce rowton

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