Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

city of joy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: city of joy
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Nickname for Kolkata: a megacity, the state capital of West Bengal, India.

Etymology

From the book City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre.

Inflected Forms

the City of Joy (canonical)

Questions

What does city of joy mean?: Nickname for Kolkata: a megacity, the state capital of West Bengal, India.
Where does city of joy come from?: From the book City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre.

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