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la pérouse strait

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
la per-ouse s-trait
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.

Etymology

After Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, its discoverer.

Questions

What does la pérouse strait mean?
A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.
Where does la pérouse strait come from?
After Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, its discoverer.

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