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kawartha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
kawartha
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Kawartha Lakes: a city in Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

From Ojibwe Ka-wa-tha, from Gaa-waategamaag (“Land of Reflections”). Coined in 1895, by Martha Whetung, a member of the Curve Lake First Nations.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Kawartha Lakes Kawartha Highlands

Questions

What does kawartha mean?
Ellipsis of Kawartha Lakes: a city in Ontario, Canada.
Where does kawartha come from?
From Ojibwe Ka-wa-tha, from Gaa-waategamaag (“Land of Reflections”). Coined in 1895, by Martha Whetung, a member of the Curve Lake First Nations.

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