Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qaqortoq

/ˈkɑː.kɔːr.tɒk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qaqor-toq
IPA: /ˈkɑː.kɔːr.tɒk/

35

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Kujalleq, Greenland.

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Qaqortoq, from Greenlandic Qaqortoq, a capitalization of Greenlandic qaqortoq (“white”).

Word Breakdown

Root: Qaqortoq

Questions

How do you pronounce qaqortoq?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑː.kɔːr.tɒk/.
What does qaqortoq mean?: A city in Kujalleq, Greenland.
Where does qaqortoq come from?: Borrowed from Danish Qaqortoq, from Greenlandic Qaqortoq, a capitalization of Greenlandic qaqortoq (“white”).

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