Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cagayan de oro

/ˈkɑɡæjæn di ˈoʊɹo/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: ca-gayan de oro
IPA: /ˈkɑɡæjæn di ˈoʊɹo/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An independent city, the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines.

Etymology

From Spanish Cagayán de Oro.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Cagayán de Oro

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑɡæjæn di ˈoʊɹo/

Inflected Forms

CDO (alternative, initialism) CDeO (alternative, initialism)

Questions

How do you pronounce cagayan de oro?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑɡæjæn di ˈoʊɹo/.
What does cagayan de oro mean?: An independent city, the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines.
Where does cagayan de oro come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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