Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

westbourne

/ˈwestbɔːɹn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: west-bourne
IPA: /ˈwestbɔːɹn/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.

name

An area of the borough of the City of Westminster, Greater London near Bayswater and Paddington (OS grid ref TQ2581). Another name used here is Westbourne Park.

name

A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0791).

name

A suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1445).

name

A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7507).

name

A community in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada.

name

An unincorporated community in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States.

Example Sentences

"The river carried in the pipe at Sloane Square is the Westbourne, and the pipe is said to shake in a rainstorm. Behind one of the innocent-looking doors on the platform at Sloane Square is a horizontal metal grille, beneath which is a pump, working away in the seething tributaries of the Westbourne."

Etymology

From Old English west + burna (“bourne”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: west

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwestbɔːɹn/
British English: /ˈwestbɔːn/

Rhymes With

born porn worn corn white corn horn torn warn sworn flour corn borne thorn

Questions

How do you pronounce westbourne?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwestbɔːɹn/.
What does westbourne mean?: A river, the River Westbourne in London, England, which is now placed underground.
Where does westbourne come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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