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cracow

/ˈkɹækaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
cra-cow
IPA
/ˈkɹækaʊ/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Krakow: A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

noun

Alternative form of crackow (“kind of shoe”).

Etymology

From Middle English crakou, crawcow.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹækaʊ/
  • British English: /ˈkɹækaʊ/

Inflected Forms

cracows (plural)

Derived Forms

Cracovian Cracowian

Homonyms

krakow

Questions

How do you pronounce cracow?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹækaʊ/.
What does cracow mean?
Alternative form of Krakow: A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.
Where does cracow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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