Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jito

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: ji-to
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medieval steward of territory in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

Etymology

From Japanese 地頭.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 地頭

Inflected Forms

jitos (plural)

Questions

What does jito mean?: A medieval steward of territory in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.
Where does jito come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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