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wigton

/wˈɪɡtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
wig-ton
IPA
/wˈɪɡtən/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY255481).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Inflected Forms

Wigtons (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce wigton?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪɡtən/.
What does wigton mean?
A market town and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY255481).
Where does wigton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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