Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chichibu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: chichibu
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in southwestern Saitama Prefecture in Japan.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 秩父 (Chichibu).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 秩父

Questions

What does chichibu mean?: A city in southwestern Saitama Prefecture in Japan.
Where does chichibu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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