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chaubunagungamaug

/tʃɔːˌbʌnəˈɡʌŋɡəˌmɔːɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chaubuna-gunga-maug
IPA
/tʃɔːˌbʌnəˈɡʌŋɡəˌmɔːɡ/
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.

Etymology

From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands". Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Lake Chabunagungamaug (alternative)

Synonyms

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake Chargoggagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug Lake Chaugogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug Lake Webster Webster Lake

Questions

How do you pronounce chaubunagungamaug?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃɔːˌbʌnəˈɡʌŋɡəˌmɔːɡ/.
What does chaubunagungamaug mean?
A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.
Where does chaubunagungamaug come from?
From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands". Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

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