Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

itsukushima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: it-sukushi-ma
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay.

Etymology

From Japanese 厳島.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 厳島

Synonyms

Miyajima

Questions

What does itsukushima mean?: An island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay.
Where does itsukushima come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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