Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

satoyama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: satoya-ma
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land in Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 里山 (satoyama).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 里山

Inflected Forms

satoyamas (plural)

Questions

What does satoyama mean?: A border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land in Japan.
Where does satoyama come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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