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suginami

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
sug-i-na-mi
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Nerima, Nakano, Shibuya, Setagaya special wards, and two cities in Western Tokyo (Mitaka and Musashino).

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 杉並 (すぎなみ, Suginami).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does suginami mean?
A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Nerima, Nakano, Shibuya, Setagaya special wards, and two cities in Western Tokyo (Mitaka and Musashino).
Where does suginami come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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