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selway

/sˈɛlwˌeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
sel-way
IPA
/sˈɛlwˌeɪ/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname transferred from the given name.

Etymology

From the Middle English personal name Salewi, probably from an unattested Old English personal name *Sǣlwīġ, composed of the elements sǣl (“happiness, prosperity, opportunity”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Selways (plural) Selvey (alternative) Selvy (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce selway?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɛlwˌeɪ/.
What does selway mean?
A surname transferred from the given name.
Where does selway come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce selway

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