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the pas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
the -pas
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town next to the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, western Manitoba, Canada.

Etymology

Uncertain. It may be from a Cree word such as paskoyak, from the French word pas (“pass; step”), from a different Native American source, or even from a different French source. See French Wikipedia for more details.

Questions

What does the pas mean?
A town next to the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, western Manitoba, Canada.
Where does the pas come from?
Uncertain. It may be from a Cree word such as paskoyak, from the French word pas (“pass; step”), from a different Native American source, or even from a different French source. See French Wikipedia for more details.

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