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cuneo

/ˈkuːniəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
cu-neo
IPA
/ˈkuːniəʊ/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A province of Piedmont, in northwestern Italy.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Italian.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.

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Inflected Forms

Cuneos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cuneo?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkuːniəʊ/.
What does cuneo mean?
A city and comune, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy.
Where does cuneo come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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