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sherborne

/ʃˈɝbɚn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
sher-borne
IPA
/ʃˈɝbɚn/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).

name

A village and civil parish with a brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714).

name

A hamlet in Litton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5855).

Etymology

From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Sċīraburna

Homonyms

sherburne sherburn

Rhymes With

sherburne sherburn

Questions

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

How to pronounce sherborne

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