Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great river

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: great riv-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Mississippi River, USA.

Informal

name

Synonym of Pearl River, China.

Obsolete

Etymology

In reference to the Pearl, a calque of Chinese 大江 (Dàjiāng, “Great River”).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 大江

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Great River (canonical)

Synonyms

Mississippi River USA Pearl River China

Questions

What does great river mean?: Synonym of Mississippi River, USA.
Where does great river come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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