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raków

/ˈɹækuːf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rakow
IPA
/ˈɹækuːf/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.

name

A gmina wiejska (rural commune) in Kielce County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland, with its seat in the village of the same name.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Raków.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɹækuːf/
  • British English: /ˈɹækuːf/

Frequently Paired Words

Racovian

Questions

How do you pronounce raków?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹækuːf/.
What does raków mean?
A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.
Where does raków come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Raków.

How to pronounce raków

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