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selsey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
selsey
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).

Etymology

From Old English Sēolesīeġ, from sēolh (“seal”), genitive singular sēoles + īeġ (“island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Sēolesīeġ

Questions

What does selsey mean?
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).
Where does selsey come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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