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bretton woods

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
bret-ton -woods
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An unincorporated community in the town of Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.

name

A fixed exchange rate system in which the dollar was convertible to gold and all other participating currencies were pegged to the dollar.

Etymology

(economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.

Questions

What does bretton woods mean?
An unincorporated community in the town of Carroll, Coos County, New Hampshire, United States.
Where does bretton woods come from?
(economics): Formulated at a 1944 conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.

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