Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kalimantan

/ˌkɑlɪˈmɑntɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: kali-man-tan
IPA: /ˌkɑlɪˈmɑntɑn/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.

name

Synonym of Borneo

noun

A member of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group native to Kalimantan island.

Etymology

From Indonesian Kalimantan.

Word Breakdown

Root: Kalimantan

Inflected Forms

Kalimantans (plural)

Phrases

Central Kalimantan East Kalimantan North Kalimantan South Kalimantan West Kalimantan

Synonyms

Borneo

Questions

How do you pronounce kalimantan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑlɪˈmɑntɑn/.
What does kalimantan mean?: A region in Southeast Asia; the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
Where does kalimantan come from?: From Indonesian Kalimantan.

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