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yarbrough

/jˈɑɹbɚoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
yarbrough
IPA
/jˈɑɹbɚoʊ/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

name

An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.

Etymology

Habitational surname, from Yarborough and Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, from a compound of Old English eorþe (“earth”) + burh (“stronghold”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Yarbroughs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce yarbrough?
The recorded pronunciation is /jˈɑɹbɚoʊ/.
What does yarbrough mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does yarbrough come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce yarbrough

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