Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tacloban

/tækˈloʊbən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: tacloban
IPA: /tækˈloʊbən/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

Etymology

From Spanish Tacloban, from Waray-Waray Tarakluban (“place of the taklub”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Tacloban, Tarakluban

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tækˈloʊbən/

Questions

How do you pronounce tacloban?: The recorded pronunciation is /tækˈloʊbən/.
What does tacloban mean?: A city, the provincial capital of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.
Where does tacloban come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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