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whithorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
whithorn
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small town or royal burgh in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX4540).

Etymology

From Old English Hwītern

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Whitherne (alternative, obsolete) Witherne (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does whithorn mean?
A small town or royal burgh in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX4540).
Where does whithorn come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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