Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bora bora

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: bo-ra b-o-ra
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific.

name

An island of the Society Islands, overseas collectivity of French Polynesia.

Etymology

From Tahitian Porapora (literally “firstborn”).

Word Breakdown

Root: Porapora

Inflected Forms

Bora-Bora (alternative)

Questions

What does bora bora mean?: An island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific.
Where does bora bora come from?: From Tahitian Porapora (literally “firstborn”).

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