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ytterby

/ˈɪtɚbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yt-ter-by
IPA
/ˈɪtɚbi/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and its former mine on the island of Resarö in Sweden.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Old Norse út Old Norse ýtrider. Swedish yttre Swedish ytter- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búa Old Norse býr Old Swedish bȳr Swedish by Swedish Ytterbybor. English Ytterby Borrowed from Swedish Ytterby. Doublet of Utterby.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɪtɚbi/

Derived Forms

erbium terbium ytterbite ytterbium yttrium

Questions

How do you pronounce ytterby?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪtɚbi/.
What does ytterby mean?
A village and its former mine on the island of Resarö in Sweden.
Where does ytterby come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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