Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chișinău

/ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chisin-au
IPA: /ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality, the capital city of Moldova, first written menitoned in October 14, 1436.

name

The Moldovan government.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Chișinău.

Inflected Forms

Chisinau (alternative) Kishinyov (alternative) Kishinev (alternative)

Rhymes With

sweat of one's brow blaow mrow mrrow

Questions

How do you pronounce chișinău?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/.
What does chișinău mean?: A municipality, the capital city of Moldova, first written menitoned in October 14, 1436.
Where does chișinău come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Chișinău.

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