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washingtonia

/ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wash-ing-to-nia
IPA
/ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ə/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fan palm of the genus Washingtonia.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Washingtonia.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Washingtonia

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ə/
  • British English: /ˌwɒʃɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ə/

Inflected Forms

washingtonias (plural)

Rhymes With

estonia macedonia ammonia catalonia patagonia babylonia snowdonia livonia franconia laconia sinfonia begonia

Questions

How do you pronounce washingtonia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ə/.
What does washingtonia mean?
Any fan palm of the genus Washingtonia.
Where does washingtonia come from?
Borrowed from translingual Washingtonia.

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