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sheppey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
shep-pey
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Isle of Sheppey, an island off the northern coast of Kent, England.

name

River Sheppey, a river in Somerset, England.

Etymology

From Old English Sċēapīeġ, equivalent to sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Sċēapīeġ

Questions

What does sheppey mean?
Isle of Sheppey, an island off the northern coast of Kent, England.
Where does sheppey come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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