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whitehurst

/wˈaɪthˌɝst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
white-hurst
IPA
/wˈaɪthˌɝst/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Dilhorne parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9745).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Whitehursts (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce whitehurst?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈaɪthˌɝst/.
What does whitehurst mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does whitehurst come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce whitehurst

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