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gazeka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gaze-ka
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.

Etymology

Coined by its inventor, the English comic actor George Graves (1876-1949), who introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905.

Inflected Forms

gazekas (plural)

Questions

What does gazeka mean?
A fictional cryptid said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early twentieth century, resembling a tapir or giant sloth.
Where does gazeka come from?
Coined by its inventor, the English comic actor George Graves (1876-1949), who introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905.

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