how to pronounce guernsey

/ˈɡɝnziː/

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guernsey is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of guernsey

noun:

A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically).
A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
The shirt worn by the players.
A cow of a breed of dairy cattle originally bred in Guernsey.
A knitted fisherman's sweater of a type made on the island.
(slang: as in "get a guernsey") [receive] praise, admiration, recognition, credit, etc.
Selection or election to a position.
A team-liveried shirt; a jersey.

name:

A city in Iowa.
An unincorporated community in California.
The second-largest of the Channel Islands.
A town in Wyoming.
A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.

guernsey frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word guernsey occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics guernsey can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that guernsey can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;