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shoreham

/ʃˈɔɹəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
shore-ham
IPA
/ʃˈɔɹəm/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).

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Ellipsis of Shoreham-by-Sea: a coastal town and port in Adur district, West Sussex, England.

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A coastal town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From Old English Sċorhām, from *scora (“shore”) + ham (“village, home, estate”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

New Shoreham Old Shoreham Shoreham-by-Sea

Rhymes With

forum quorum decorum santorum gorham aurum oram corum borum sorum gorum

Questions

How do you pronounce shoreham?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɔɹəm/.
What does shoreham mean?
A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).
Where does shoreham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce shoreham

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