Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tosa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
tosa
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese breed of fighting dog

name

A city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.

Etymology

From Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tosas (plural)

Phrases

Tosa Bay

Synonyms

tosa inu

Questions

What does tosa mean?
A Japanese breed of fighting dog
Where does tosa come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce tosa

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