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shelford

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
shelford
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.

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A railway station in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, serving the villages of Great Shelford and Little Shelford (OS grid ref TL4652).

name

A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6642).

name

A locality in Burton Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4288).

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Scalford and Shalford.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Great Shelford Little Shelford

Questions

What does shelford mean?
A rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Where does shelford come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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