Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

british east india company

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
british east- in-di-a -com-pa-ny
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A seventeenth-century British joint-stock company founded to trade with India, and subsequently colonized a large part of the South Asia.

Inflected Forms

the British East India Company (canonical)

Questions

What does british east india company mean?
A seventeenth-century British joint-stock company founded to trade with India, and subsequently colonized a large part of the South Asia.

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