Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bird's head

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
bird's -head
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large peninsula that makes up the Province of Southwest Papua and the northeast portion of the Province of West Papua in Indonesia.

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Vogelkop.

Inflected Forms

the Bird's Head (canonical)

Phrases

East Bird's Head South Bird's Head West Bird's Head

Synonyms

Doberai Vogelkop

Questions

What does bird's head mean?
A large peninsula that makes up the Province of Southwest Papua and the northeast portion of the Province of West Papua in Indonesia.
Where does bird's head come from?
Calque of Dutch Vogelkop.

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