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ikebukuro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
ike-bukuro
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Toshima, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 池(いけ)袋(ぶくろ) (Ikebukuro).

Questions

What does ikebukuro mean?
A district of Toshima, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
Where does ikebukuro come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 池(いけ)袋(ぶくろ) (Ikebukuro).

How to pronounce ikebukuro

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