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wadebridge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
wade-bridge
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).

Etymology

From Old English wæd (“ford”) (whence wath) + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does wadebridge mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).
Where does wadebridge come from?
From Old English wæd (“ford”) (whence wath) + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468.

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