Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kanchipuram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
kanchipu-ram
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil காஞ்சிபுரம் (kāñcipuram), from Sanskrit काञ्चीपुर (kāñcīpura), compound of काञ्ची (kāñcī) + पुर (pura).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: काञ्चीपुर

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does kanchipuram mean?
A city in Tamil Nadu, India.
Where does kanchipuram come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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