Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gijón

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: gi-jon
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city on the coast of Asturias, in northwestern Spain.

Etymology

From Spanish Gijón, from Asturian Xixón; found in medieval documents as Medieval Latin Gigia and as Old Leonese Pobla de Gigión, but further origins are unclear.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Gijón, Xixón, Gigia, Pobla de Gigión

Questions

What does gijón mean?: A city on the coast of Asturias, in northwestern Spain.
Where does gijón come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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