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bunyan

/ˈbʌnjən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
bun-yan
IPA
/ˈbʌnjən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An English surname; a nickname for someone with a hump or lump.

name

John Bunyan, English preacher and writer.

name

An unincorporated community in Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.

name

A locality in Snowy Monaro council area, New South Wales, Australia; the name is from an Aboriginal language.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Derived Forms

Bunyanesque Bunyanian

Homonyms

bunion

Rhymes With

onion runyon runyan grunion runnion munyan munyon bunion trunnion ronyon spunion

Questions

How do you pronounce bunyan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌnjən/.
What does bunyan mean?
An English surname; a nickname for someone with a hump or lump.

How to pronounce bunyan

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