grand turk
/ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Ellipsis of Grand Turk Island, the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Example Sentences
- "Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]"
Etymology
From a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which has a distinctive cap reminiscent of an Ottoman fez.