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kanazawa

/ˌkɑnəˈzɑwə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
Ka-na-za-wa
IPA
/ˌkɑnəˈzɑwə/
24
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan.

name

A ward of the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

From Japanese 金沢(かなざわ) (Kanazawa, literally “golden marsh”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkɑnəˈzɑwə/
  • British English: /ˌkanəˈzɑːwə/

Rhymes With

okinawa kagawa ozawa kurosawa hasegawa oshawa nakagawa kawa mahwah hosokawa furukawa yoshikawa

Questions

How do you pronounce kanazawa?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑnəˈzɑwə/.
What does kanazawa mean?
The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan.
Where does kanazawa come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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