Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grand strand

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
grand s-trand
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An arc of beach land on the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina, United States, extending more than 60 miles (97 km) from Little River to Winyah Bay.

Etymology

Attested from columns in The Myrtle Beach Sun and The Myrtle Beach News in 1949.

Inflected Forms

the Grand Strand (canonical)

Questions

What does grand strand mean?
An arc of beach land on the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina, United States, extending more than 60 miles (97 km) from Little River to Winyah Bay.
Where does grand strand come from?
Attested from columns in The Myrtle Beach Sun and The Myrtle Beach News in 1949.

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