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five nations

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
five -na-tions
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.

name

Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”).

Canadian usage; American usage

name

synonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

5 Nations (alternative)

Phrases

Six Nations Five Nations Iroquois

Frequently Paired Words

Six Nations Five Nations Iroquois

Synonyms

Five Civilized Tribes iroquois league league of iroquois six nations

Questions

What does five nations mean?
an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.

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