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hambantota

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
ham-ban-to-ta
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town, the provincial capital of Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Etymology

From Sinhalese හම්බන්තොට (hambantoṭa).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: හම්බන්තොට

Questions

What does hambantota mean?
A town, the provincial capital of Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Where does hambantota come from?
From Sinhalese හම්බන්තොට (hambantoṭa).

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