Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special ward

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: spe-cial ward
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the 23 municipalities that make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan.

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 特別区.

Inflected Forms

special wards (plural)

Questions

What does special ward mean?: Any of the 23 municipalities that make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan.
Where does special ward come from?: Calque of Japanese 特別区.

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