Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doral

/dɔɹˈæl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: do-ral
IPA: /dɔɹˈæl/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

noun

A cigarette of the American Doral brand.

Example Sentences

"“No, April. For fuck's sake, I told you." He walked to where April had been sitting at the computer, grabbed her pack of Dorals from the desktop, and lit a cigarette."

Etymology

Blend of Doris + Alfred, named after Doris and Alfred Kaskel, real estate developers who opened the Doral Country Club golf resort in the area in 1962 (along with the Doral Hotel in Miami Beach).

Inflected Forms

Dorals (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce doral?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɔɹˈæl/.
What does doral mean?: A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
Where does doral come from?: Blend of Doris + Alfred, named after Doris and Alfred Kaskel, real estate developers who opened the Doral Country Club golf resort in the area in 1962 (along with the Doral Hotel in Miami Beach).

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