Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bacolor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ba-col-or
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality of Pampanga, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bácolor, modern variant of Spanish Bacolod, from Kapampangan bakulud (“elevated piece of land; highland plain; plateau”). Compare Tagalog Bacoor and Hiligaynon Bacolod.

Word Breakdown

Root: bakulud

Questions

What does bacolor mean?: A municipality of Pampanga, Philippines.
Where does bacolor come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Bácolor, modern variant of Spanish Bacolod, from Kapampangan bakulud (“elevated piece of land; highland plain; plateau”). Compare Tagalog Bacoor and Hiligaynon Bacolod.

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