Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whyteleafe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
whyte-leafe
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

A variant of white + leaf, apparently from the white underside of whitebeam leaves; another source says it was named from White Leaf Field in 1839 (A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place Names).

Questions

What does whyteleafe mean?
A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3358).
Where does whyteleafe come from?
A variant of white + leaf, apparently from the white underside of whitebeam leaves; another source says it was named from White Leaf Field in 1839 (A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place Names).

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