Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calicut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: cali-cut
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”). Unrelated to English Calcutta.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: കോഴിക്കോട്, قليقوط

Derived Forms

calico

Questions

What does calicut mean?: Former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.
Where does calicut come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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