Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shawneetown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: shawnee-town
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois.

Example Sentences

"Born Jan. 28, 1913, in Shawneetown, Ill., Edward Chrysostom David Scherrer was the second child in a farm family of six sons and a daughter."

Etymology

From Shawnee + town.

Questions

What does shawneetown mean?: A small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois.
Where does shawneetown come from?: From Shawnee + town.

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