Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

williamsport

/wˈɪljəmspˌɔɹt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: williamsport
IPA: /wˈɪljəmspˌɔɹt/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.

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Example Sentences

"Seven blocks farther west on Fourth Street, history of another kind was made in 1939. One day, while playing baseball with his two nephews, Carl E. Stotz, who worked as a clerk in a Williamsport lumberyard, stumbled over a lilac bush and scraped his ankle."

Etymology

From William + -s- + port or Williams + port.

Questions

How do you pronounce williamsport?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪljəmspˌɔɹt/.
What does williamsport mean?: A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.
Where does williamsport come from?: From William + -s- + port or Williams + port.

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