stratford-upon-avon

1. 1.

   a town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare

   SynonymsStratford-on-Avon

   Broadertown

Questions about stratford-upon-avon

What does stratford-upon-avon mean?

stratford-upon-avon means "a town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare".

How many syllables are in stratford-upon-avon?

stratford-upon-avon has 6 syllables and divides as strat-for-d-u-po-n-a-von under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for stratford-upon-avon?

Close synonyms include Stratford-on-Avon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.