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scargill

/skˈɑɹɡˌɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
scargill
IPA
/skˈɑɹɡˌɪl/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A rural settlement in north Canterbury, New Zealand.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Scargills (plural)

Derived Forms

Scargillian

Rhymes With

cargill

Questions

How do you pronounce scargill?
The recorded pronunciation is /skˈɑɹɡˌɪl/.
What does scargill mean?
A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).
Where does scargill come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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