Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterways

/wˈɔtɚwˌeɪz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-ways
IPA: /wˈɔtɚwˌeɪz/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of waterway

name

A locality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, northern Alberta, Canada.

name

A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia.

Questions

How do you pronounce waterways?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɔtɚwˌeɪz/.
What does waterways mean?: plural of waterway

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