helmand
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A river in Afghanistan.
name
A province of Afghanistan, named after the river.
Example Sentences
- "To the west the Afghan plateau undergoes a very considerable depression, at the bottom of which lies the marshy lake, Hamoun, into which the Helmand river finds its way; but it again rises in the vast plains which lead towards Farsistan."
- "Since late July, the Taliban have seized new territory across Helmand, defying a series of about 30 US airstrikes, and raising concern of an attack on the capital."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: هلمند, 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝