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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kotte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
kotte
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte: the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.

Etymology

From Sinhalese කෝට්ටේ (kōṭṭē) or Tamil கோட்டே (kōṭṭē).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: කෝට්ටේ, கோட்டே

Questions

What does kotte mean?
Ellipsis of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte: the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.
Where does kotte come from?
From Sinhalese කෝට්ටේ (kōṭṭē) or Tamil கோட்டே (kōṭṭē).

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