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unsworth

/ˈʌnswɚθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
unsworth
IPA
/ˈʌnswɚθ/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.

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Inflected Forms

Unsworths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce unsworth?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌnswɚθ/.
What does unsworth mean?
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).
Where does unsworth come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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