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dostoyevsky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
dos-toyevsky
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).

Etymology

From Russian Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Достое́вский

Inflected Forms

Dostoevsky (alternative)

Derived Forms

Dostoyevskeian Dostoyevskian

Questions

What does dostoyevsky mean?
A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Where does dostoyevsky come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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