Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shawcross

/ʃˈɔkɹˌɔs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
shawcross
IPA
/ʃˈɔkɹˌɔs/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from Shaw Cross, a suburb of Dewsbury, a town in West Yorkshire, from Old English sċeaga (“copse, thicket”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Shawcrosses (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce shawcross?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɔkɹˌɔs/.
What does shawcross mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does shawcross come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce shawcross

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