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kamakura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
ka-maku-ra
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 鎌倉 (Kamakura).

Questions

What does kamakura mean?
A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Where does kamakura come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 鎌倉 (Kamakura).

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