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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wykeham

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
wyke-ham
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

The second element is Old English hām (“homestead”), while the first one (in North Yorkshire at least) is from Old English wic; recorded as Wicham in 1086 (DB).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wykehams (plural)

Derived Forms

Wykehamical Wykehamist

Questions

What does wykeham mean?
A placename:
Where does wykeham come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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