kaiser-wilhelmsland
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The mainland part of German New Guinea, including the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea.
Etymology
From German Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. By surface analysis, Kaiser + Wilhelm + -s- + -land. Named in honour of Wilhelm I, who reigned as Kaiser from 1871 to 1888; it included the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Kaiser-Wilhelmsland