Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caprivi strip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: capriv-i strip
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A narrow strip of land politically belonging to the country of Namibia and connecting the mainland with the Zambezi river.

Etymology

Named after the German chancellor Leo von Caprivi, who negotiated with the British about this strip of land as well as the island of Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar in 1890.

Inflected Forms

the Caprivi Strip (canonical)

Questions

What does caprivi strip mean?: A narrow strip of land politically belonging to the country of Namibia and connecting the mainland with the Zambezi river.
Where does caprivi strip come from?: Named after the German chancellor Leo von Caprivi, who negotiated with the British about this strip of land as well as the island of Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar in 1890.

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