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fukuyama

/fˌukˌujˈɑmə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
fukuya-ma
IPA
/fˌukˌujˈɑmə/
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 福山 (ふくやま, Fukuyama, literally “blessing mountain”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fukuyamas (plural)

Derived Forms

Fukuyaman

Rhymes With

obama drama mama lama momma mamma osama comma sama rama yokohama llama

Questions

How do you pronounce fukuyama?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˌukˌujˈɑmə/.
What does fukuyama mean?
A surname from Japanese.
Where does fukuyama come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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