Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

habomai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: habo-mai
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Habomai Islands, several islands of the Kuril Islands, disputed between Japan and Russia.

Etymology

From Japanese 歯舞 (Habomai). Ultimately from Ainu ハアプオマイ (ha apu oma i), meaning "the islet where the drift ice retreats".

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 歯舞, ハアプオマイ

Questions

What does habomai mean?: Habomai Islands, several islands of the Kuril Islands, disputed between Japan and Russia.
Where does habomai come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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