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sackville

/sˈækvˌɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
sackville
IPA
/sˈækvˌɪl/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Norman.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Sydney in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia, named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy. The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785). The civil parish is named after the town.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sackvilles (plural)

Phrases

Sackville North

Questions

How do you pronounce sackville?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈækvˌɪl/.
What does sackville mean?
A surname from Norman.
Where does sackville come from?
From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy. The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785). The civil parish is named after the town.

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