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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wetwang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wet-wang
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9359).

Etymology

From either Old Norse vaett-vangr (“field for the trial of a legal action”) or Old English wet (“wet”) + Old English wang (“field”), as compared to the nearby dry field at Driffield

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does wetwang mean?
A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9359).
Where does wetwang come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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