Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tipperary

/ˌtɪpəˈɹɛəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: tip-per-ary
IPA: /ˌtɪpəˈɹɛəɹi/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Ireland.

name

A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

name

A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Tiobraid Árann (“Well of Ara”).

Derived Forms

Tipperarian Tipperaryman

Questions

How do you pronounce tipperary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɪpəˈɹɛəɹi/.
What does tipperary mean?: A county of Ireland.
Where does tipperary come from?: Borrowed from Irish Tiobraid Árann (“Well of Ara”).

How to pronounce tipperary

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