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chicxulub

/ˌt͡ʃɪkʃəˈluːb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
chicx-u-lub
IPA
/ˌt͡ʃɪkʃəˈluːb/
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Yucatán, Mexico, famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater.

Etymology

From Yucatec Maya ch’ik (“flea”) + Yucatec Maya xulub (“devil, demon”) — "devil's flea".

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ch’ik, xulub

Questions

How do you pronounce chicxulub?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌt͡ʃɪkʃəˈluːb/.
What does chicxulub mean?
A town in Yucatán, Mexico, famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater.
Where does chicxulub come from?
From Yucatec Maya ch’ik (“flea”) + Yucatec Maya xulub (“devil, demon”) — "devil's flea".

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