Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carrboro

/ˈkæɹ.boʊɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: car-rboro
IPA: /ˈkæɹ.boʊɹ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Orange County, North Carolina.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With a population of just under 20,000 Carrboro is the kind of small southern town where the past and the present seem to have been fused into a single moment until it’s no longer one time or the other."

Etymology

Named for North Carolina industrialist Julian Carr.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce carrboro?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæɹ.boʊɹ/.
What does carrboro mean?: A town in Orange County, North Carolina.
Where does carrboro come from?: Named for North Carolina industrialist Julian Carr.

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