Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ohau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ohau
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and semi-rural community in Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.

Example Sentences

"The latter's loss of time between Manakau and Levin was due to the mishap of dropping the tablet at Ohau, which entailed an out-of-course stop of 3 min. to recover it."

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori.

Questions

What does ohau mean?: A village and semi-rural community in Horowhenua district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
Where does ohau come from?: Borrowed from Māori.

How to pronounce ohau

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