Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bombay hook

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: bom-bay hook
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A point in Kent County, Delaware, United States

name

A natural region of modern-day Kent County, Delaware, United States.

name

The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, a national park encompassing the natural region.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch Boompjes Hoeck (modern Dutch Boompjes Hoek, literally “Little-tree Hook”). Spelling influenced by, and thus remodeled after, Bombay (“historical name of Mumbai”) + hook (“a curve”), and thus also inadvertently a partial calque from Middle Dutch.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Bombay Hook Island Bombay Hook Point Shoal

Synonyms

Bombay Hook Point

Questions

What does bombay hook mean?: A point in Kent County, Delaware, United States
Where does bombay hook come from?: Borrowed from Middle Dutch Boompjes Hoeck (modern Dutch Boompjes Hoek, literally “Little-tree Hook”). Spelling influenced by, and thus remodeled after, Bombay (“historical name of Mumbai”) + hook (“a curve”), and thus also inadvertently a partial calque from Middle Dutch.

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