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caliban

/ˈkælɪbæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
cal-iban
IPA
/ˈkælɪbæn/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A moon of Uranus.

noun

A man of beastly nature.

Etymology

After Caliban, a character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Inflected Forms

Calibans (plural)

Derived Forms

Calibanic Calibanism

Questions

How do you pronounce caliban?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkælɪbæn/.
What does caliban mean?
A moon of Uranus.
Where does caliban come from?
After Caliban, a character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

How to pronounce caliban

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