Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kabaragoya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kabaragoya
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.

Example Sentences

"The Chairman said that Kegalla raised the question of protecting the Kabaragoya from destruction and the Department of Agriculture took up the matter[…]."
"[…]I remember after-school cricket matches on Layard's Road and wickets knocked over by kabaragoyas;[…]."
"Cobras had nothing to fear from men; their most deadly enemy was the kabaragoya, of which two called our campus home."
"2012, Arcadius (Shelton A. Gunaratne), Village Life in the Forties: Memories of a Lankan Expatriate, page 150, A kabaragoya, scenting food, tried to drive away the crows, slashing at them with its tail."

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese කබරගොයා (kabaragoyā).

Inflected Forms

kabaragoyas (plural)

Questions

What does kabaragoya mean?: The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
Where does kabaragoya come from?: Borrowed from Sinhalese කබරගොයා (kabaragoyā).

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