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hanamachi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hana-machi
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese courtesan and geisha district.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 花街 (literally “flower street”); 花 (hana, “flower”) + 街 (machi, “town, neighborhood”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hanamachis (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

geisha maiko okiya

Questions

What does hanamachi mean?
A Japanese courtesan and geisha district.
Where does hanamachi come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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