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shenton

/ʃˈɛntən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
shen-ton
IPA
/ʃˈɛntən/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Shentons (plural)

Rhymes With

benton trenton denton fenton kenton renton brenton dentin penton menton lenton henton

Questions

How do you pronounce shenton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɛntən/.
What does shenton mean?
A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).
Where does shenton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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