Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaneshiro

/kɑneɪʃˈɪɹoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
kaneshi-ro
IPA
/kɑneɪʃˈɪɹoʊ/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 金城 (Kaneshiro).

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Questions

How do you pronounce kaneshiro?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑneɪʃˈɪɹoʊ/.
What does kaneshiro mean?
A surname from Japanese.
Where does kaneshiro come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce kaneshiro

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