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wharton

/ˈʍɔː(ɹ)tən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
whar-ton
IPA
/ˈʍɔː(ɹ)tən/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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name

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name

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name

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name

A placename:

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name

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Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Various possible origins: * The villages in Cheshire and Herefordshire are named after the River Weaver, whose name derives from Old English wæfre (“wavering, winding”), + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Lincolnshire is named with either Old English weard (“ward, guard”) or waroþ (“shore, warth”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Cumbria is named with Old English hwearf (“wharf, embankment”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wæfre, tūn, weard, hwearf

Usage

Inflected Forms

Whartons (plural)

Derived Forms

Whartonesque Whartonian

Phrases

jelly of Wharton Wharton County Wharton's duct Wharton's jelly

Rhymes With

norton morton shorten horton orton morten gorton lorton warton borton forton dorton

Questions

How do you pronounce wharton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʍɔː(ɹ)tən/.
What does wharton mean?
A placename:
Where does wharton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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