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wangchuck

/ˈwɑːŋ.tʃʌk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
Wang-chuck
IPA
/ˈwɑːŋ.tʃʌk/
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Dzongkha, best known for being used by the ruling royal dynasty of Bhutan, established in 1907 by Ugyen Wangchuck.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug), from a compound of དབང (dbang, “power, dominion, authority”) + ཕྱུག (phyug, “rich, endowed with”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈwɑːŋ.tʃʌk/
  • British English: /ˈwɒŋ.tʃʌk/

Rhymes With

restruck seljuck detruck gwiduc diapercuck

Questions

How do you pronounce wangchuck?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑːŋ.tʃʌk/.
What does wangchuck mean?
A surname from Dzongkha, best known for being used by the ruling royal dynasty of Bhutan, established in 1907 by Ugyen Wangchuck.
Where does wangchuck come from?
Borrowed from Dzongkha དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug), from a compound of དབང (dbang, “power, dominion, authority”) + ཕྱུག (phyug, “rich, endowed with”).

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