Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wickenby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wick-en-by
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

Etymology

"The farm of the Vikings", from Old Norse víkingr (“Viking”), genitive plural víkinga + býr (“town, farm”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: víkingr

Questions

What does wickenby mean?: A hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Where does wickenby come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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