Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

witney

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: wit-ney
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of woollen cloth.

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).

Etymology

After Witney in Oxfordshire, where it was made.

Inflected Forms

witneys (plural)

Questions

What does witney mean?: A kind of woollen cloth.
Where does witney come from?: After Witney in Oxfordshire, where it was made.

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