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kha-nyou

/kɑ.nju/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
kha-ny-ou
IPA
/kɑ.nju/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos, Laonastes aenigmamus, first described in 2005

Etymology

From Lao ຂະຍຸ (kha nyu).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ຂະຍຸ

Inflected Forms

kha-nyous (plural)

Synonyms

Laotian rock rat rat-squirrel

Questions

How do you pronounce kha-nyou?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑ.nju/.
What does kha-nyou mean?
A rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos, Laonastes aenigmamus, first described in 2005
Where does kha-nyou come from?
From Lao ຂະຍຸ (kha nyu).

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