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kong

/kɔŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.49 in modern English

Syllables
kong
IPA
/kɔŋ/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire.

name

The fictional gigantic gorilla from the story King Kong.

name

A surname from Chinese.

name

Alternative form of Kongbam surname of Meitei origin

name

Alternative form of Kongkham surname of Meitei origin

name

A city in the Central District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran.

noun

A set of four identical tiles.

noun

A call declaring the formation of such a set.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɔŋ/
  • British English: /kɒŋ/

Inflected Forms

kongs (plural)

Phrases

Kong Mountains kong bak pau

Frequently Paired Words

Kong Mountains kong bak pau chow pung

Synonyms

King Kong kan quad four-of-a-kind

Homonyms

kang (cot-caught merger) (some accents) cong

Rhymes With

long wrong along song strong hong belong hong-kong dong lifelong jong wong

Questions

How do you pronounce kong?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɔŋ/.
What does kong mean?
A town in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire.
Where does kong come from?
Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1).

How to pronounce kong

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