Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: iau
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Initialism of International Astronomical Union, an association of professional astronomers, founded in 1919.

name

The main belt asteroid 5000 IAU, named after the astronomical union.

name

A Lakes Plain language spoken by the Turu people.

Inflected Forms

Yau (alternative)

Questions

What does iau mean?: Initialism of International Astronomical Union, an association of professional astronomers, founded in 1919.

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