Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gia lai

/ˈjɑːlaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: gi-a lai
IPA: /ˈjɑːlaɪ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Vietnam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Gia Lai.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Gia Lai

Questions

How do you pronounce gia lai?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɑːlaɪ/.
What does gia lai mean?: A province of Vietnam.
Where does gia lai come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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