Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tisbury

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
tis-bury
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).

Etymology

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does tisbury mean?
A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).
Where does tisbury come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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