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yearsley

/jˈɝsli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
years-ley
IPA
/jˈɝsli/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Eofor, a byname from eofor (“wild boar”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Yearsleys (plural)

Rhymes With

adversely inversely worsley perversely tersely pursley

Questions

How do you pronounce yearsley?
The recorded pronunciation is /jˈɝsli/.
What does yearsley mean?
A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).
Where does yearsley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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