Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

townsite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: town-site
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In former British colonies, a tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and marked out with streets.

name

A barangay of Maluso, Basilan, Philippines.

Etymology

From town + site.

Inflected Forms

townsites (plural)

Questions

What does townsite mean?: In former British colonies, a tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and marked out with streets.
Where does townsite come from?: From town + site.

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