Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

degar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-gar
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam; Montagnard; highlander.

Etymology

Borrowed from Rade anak ede gar (“children of the mountains”).

Word Breakdown

Root: anak ede gar

Inflected Forms

Degars (plural) Dega (alternative)

Questions

What does degar mean?: A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam; Montagnard; highlander.
Where does degar come from?: Borrowed from Rade anak ede gar (“children of the mountains”).

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