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kawashima

/kˌɑwɑʃˈimə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
kawashima
IPA
/kˌɑwɑʃˈimə/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 川島 (Kawashima).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kawashimas (plural)

Rhymes With

prima hiroshima fukushima schema fema edema ema jemima emphysema pima sima cima

Questions

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

How to pronounce kawashima

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