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oquassa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oquas-sa
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of blueback trout, Salvelinus oquassa, specifically those found in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Now considered to be the same species as the Sunapee trout.

Archaic

Etymology

Possibly from a Penobscot word such as Eastern Abenaki Penobscot ὰk2əsse.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, ὰk2əsse

Usage

Inflected Forms

oquassas (plural)

Questions

What does oquassa mean?
A type of blueback trout, Salvelinus oquassa, specifically those found in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Now considered to be the same species as the Sunapee trout.
Where does oquassa come from?
Possibly from a Penobscot word such as Eastern Abenaki Penobscot ὰk2əsse.

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