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karatau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
karatau
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A mountain range in Kazakhstan, the westernmost extension of the Tian Shan.

name

An age from 1100 to 800 million years ago, a subdivision of the Proterozoic.

Etymology

From Russian Каратау (Karatau), from Kazakh Қаратау (Qarataw), from қара (qara, “black”) + тау (taw, “mountain, mountains”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Каратау, Қаратау

Inflected Forms

Kara Tau (alternative) Kara-tau (alternative) Qaratau (alternative)

Phrases

Kara Tau argali

Questions

What does karatau mean?
A mountain range in Kazakhstan, the westernmost extension of the Tian Shan.
Where does karatau come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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