saratoga
/ˌsærəˈtoʊɡə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A number of places in the United States.
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A number of places in the United States.
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A number of places in the United States.
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A number of places in the United States.
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A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
A cocktail resembling a Manhattan, with the base split between rye whiskey and cognac or brandy.
noun
Either of two species of osteoglossid fish of the genus Scleropages, native to northeastern Australia.
Example Sentences
- "Santa Clara County will no longer use Flock Safety as the primary vendor for their license plate readers in Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Altos Hills after a vote by the Board of Supervisors after a vote on Tuesday."
- "But don't serve Saratogas to a meeting of the Ladies Aid Society. They're loaded with too much dynamite!"
- "They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga."
Etymology
Corruption of a Mohawk word se-rach-ta-gue, sa-ra-ta-ke (“the hillside country of the quiet river”), which the early Dutch settlers interpreted as Sarachtoge. More at Saratoga.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsærəˈtoʊɡə/