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wray

/ɹeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables
wray
IPA
/ɹeɪ/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small city, the county seat of Yuma County, Colorado, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Irwin County, Georgia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old Norse vrá (“nook, corner, recess”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wrays (plural) Wroe (alternative)

Homonyms

ray Rae Re Rea (pane–pain merger) Rhea (one pronunciation) rea

Rhymes With

they way may day say one-way away play today pay stay re

Questions

How do you pronounce wray?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹeɪ/.
What does wray mean?
A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).
Where does wray come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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