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doubs

/duː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
doubs
IPA
/duː/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.

name

A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.

Etymology

From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Doubs, -, *dubus

Homonyms

do doo (yod-dropping accents) Homophones: dew due doux

Rhymes With

you do who new two too you-know-who through few true due talk down to

Questions

How do you pronounce doubs?
The recorded pronunciation is /duː/.
What does doubs mean?
A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
Where does doubs come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce doubs

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