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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sowerby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
sower-by
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable

Etymology

From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sowerbys (plural)

Phrases

Inskip-with-Sowerby Sowerby Bridge Temple Sowerby

Questions

What does sowerby mean?
A placename:
Where does sowerby come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce sowerby

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