Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kitezh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kitezh
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Russian folklore that was believed to have disappeared under a lake, to avoid being conquered by the Mongols.

Etymology

From Russian Ки́теж (Kítež).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Ки́теж

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does kitezh mean?: A city in Russian folklore that was believed to have disappeared under a lake, to avoid being conquered by the Mongols.
Where does kitezh come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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