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shaftesbury

/ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
shaftes-bury
IPA
/ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).

name

A community and ward in Newport, Wales.

name

An English earldom.

Etymology

From Old English Sċeaftesburg.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Sċeaftesburg

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/

Derived Forms

Shaftesburian Shaftesburyan

Frequently Paired Words

Shaftsbury

Questions

How do you pronounce shaftesbury?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/.
What does shaftesbury mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).
Where does shaftesbury come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce shaftesbury

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