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boksburg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
boks-burg
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Gauteng province, South Africa.

Etymology

From Bok + -s- + -burg, after Willem Eduard Bok.

Questions

What does boksburg mean?
A city in Gauteng province, South Africa.
Where does boksburg come from?
From Bok + -s- + -burg, after Willem Eduard Bok.

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