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wroxeter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
wrox-eter
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608).

name

A community in Howick township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

From Middle English Wroccecestre, Wrochecestre, Roceceaster, from Old English *Wreocenċeaster, from *Wreocen (attested as Wreocensǣte) + ċeaster (“fortress; city”), borrowed from Latin Viroconium, itself borrowed from Early Brythonic *Wirokü, from Proto-Celtic *Wirokū.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Wroccecestre, *Wreocenċeaster, Viroconium, *Wirokū

Questions

What does wroxeter mean?
A small village in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire, England, originally a Roman settlement (OS grid ref SJ5608).
Where does wroxeter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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