Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back bay

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: back- bay
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Example Sentences

"[…] though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West."

Inflected Forms

the Back Bay (canonical)

Questions

What does back bay mean?: A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

How to pronounce back bay

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