Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thornaby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: thorn-a-by
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Thornaby-on-Tees: a town in Thornaby parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4517).

name

A civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England, which is the parish for Thornaby-on-Tees.

Questions

What does thornaby mean?: Ellipsis of Thornaby-on-Tees: a town in Thornaby parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4517).

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