Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

douglas reef

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: dou-glas reef
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Okinotorishima.

Etymology

From Douglas + reef. From being (re-)charted by William Douglas, captain of Iphigenia, in 1789, and named in 1790.

Inflected Forms

Douglass Reef (alternative)

Synonyms

Okinotorishima

Questions

What does douglas reef mean?: Synonym of Okinotorishima.
Where does douglas reef come from?: From Douglas + reef. From being (re-)charted by William Douglas, captain of Iphigenia, in 1789, and named in 1790.

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