Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thurlow

/θˈɝloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: thur-low
IPA: /θˈɝloʊ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Thurlow, in Suffolk, from an unexplained first element + Old English hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hlǣw

Inflected Forms

Thurlows (plural)

Rhymes With

furlough turlough perlow

Questions

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

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