Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaluga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: kalu-ga
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An oblast of Russia.

name

A city, the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

noun

Huso dauricus, a sturgeon of the Amur river basin in northeast China and southeast Russia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Калу́га (Kalúga).

Inflected Forms

kalugas (plural)

Questions

What does kaluga mean?: An oblast of Russia.
Where does kaluga come from?: Borrowed from Russian Калу́га (Kalúga).

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