Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jalpaiguri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: jal-paig-uri
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of West Bengal, India.

name

A town, the headquarters of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India.

name

A former district of Bengal, British India; now divided into Alipurduar district and Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, India, and Lalmonirhat district and Panchagarh district in Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali জলপাইগুড়ি (jolpaiguṛi).

Phrases

Jalpaiguri division New Jalpaiguri

Questions

What does jalpaiguri mean?: A district of West Bengal, India.
Where does jalpaiguri come from?: Borrowed from Bengali জলপাইগুড়ি (jolpaiguṛi).

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