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Scunthorpe

Syllables: Scun·thorpe/ˈskʌnθɔːp/US/ˈskʌnˌθɔɹp/

Scunthorpe proper noun: an industrial town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SE8910).

Proper noun

Scunthorpe

  1. An industrial town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SE8910).
    • In a famously embarrassing incident in 1996, America Online's errant dirty-word filter prevented residents of the British town Scunthorpe from signing up as new customers.2004 April 23, Declan McCullagh, “Google's chastity belt too tight”, in CNET, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2011

Origin of Scunthorpe

From Old English Escumetorpe, from Old Norse Skumasþorp, from Skuma + -s + þorp, literally “Skuma's homestead”.

Words formed from Scunthorpe

Questions about Scunthorpe

What does Scunthorpe mean?
Scunthorpe means an industrial town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SE8910).
What part of speech is Scunthorpe?
Scunthorpe is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Scunthorpe?
Scunthorpe is pronounced /ˈskʌnθɔːp/ (UK).

Words near Scunthorpe in the dictionary

  1. scunning
  2. Scunny
  3. scuns
  4. Scunthonian
  5. Scunthonians
  6. Scunthorpe
  7. Scunthorpe problem
  8. scuntion
  9. scuntions
  10. scup
  11. scuppaug

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