Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: jao
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Jewish Autonomous Oblast: A federal subject, an autonomous oblast in the Far East of Russia.

name

A surname from Cebuano.

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano Jao.

Word Breakdown

Root: Jao

Inflected Forms

Jaos (plural)

Questions

What does jao mean?: Initialism of Jewish Autonomous Oblast: A federal subject, an autonomous oblast in the Far East of Russia.
Where does jao come from?: Borrowed from Cebuano Jao.

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