Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kahoolawe

/kəˌhoʊ.əˈlɑːwiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: ka-hoolawe
IPA: /kəˌhoʊ.əˈlɑːwiː/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An uninhabited island, the smallest of the main 8 islands of Hawaii in the United States.

Etymology

From Hawaiian Kahoʻolawe, from ka (“the”) + hoʻolawe (“to subtract, erode”).

Word Breakdown

Root: Kahoʻolawe

Inflected Forms

Kaho'olawe (alternative) Kahulawi (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce kahoolawe?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˌhoʊ.əˈlɑːwiː/.
What does kahoolawe mean?: An uninhabited island, the smallest of the main 8 islands of Hawaii in the United States.
Where does kahoolawe come from?: From Hawaiian Kahoʻolawe, from ka (“the”) + hoʻolawe (“to subtract, erode”).

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