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balikpapan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
ba-lik-pa-pan
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Etymology

From Indonesian Balikpapan.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does balikpapan mean?
A city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Where does balikpapan come from?
From Indonesian Balikpapan.

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