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bandel

/bˈændəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
ban-del
IPA
/bˈændəl/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India; founded by Portuguese settlers.

noun

A dry, crumbly smoked cheese from Bandel, India, made by separating the curds from whey with lemon juice.

Uncountable

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ব্যান্ডেল (bênḍel), ব্যাণ্ডেল (bênḍel), বাণ্ডেল (banḍel), from Portuguese Bandel.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bandels (plural)

Rhymes With

handle scandal candle randall handel randle sandal vandal randal mandel crandall mandell

Questions

How do you pronounce bandel?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈændəl/.
What does bandel mean?
A town in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India; founded by Portuguese settlers.
Where does bandel come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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