Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lower ninth ward

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: low-er ninth ward
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Example Sentences

"The renewed search for bodies has been spurred by fears that workers inadvertently may remove remains of storm victims when they clear debris from wrecked homes in flood-damaged neighborhoods such as the Lower 9th Ward, Lakeview and New Orleans East."

Inflected Forms

Lower 9th Ward (alternative)

Questions

What does lower ninth ward mean?: A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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