Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kenai

/kˈinaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: ke-nai
IPA: /kˈinaɪ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, peninsula, and river in Alaska.

Etymology

From Russian Кенай (Kenaj), from Dena'ina kena (“meadow”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Кенай, kena

Phrases

Kenai Peninsula Borough

Questions

How do you pronounce kenai?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈinaɪ/.
What does kenai mean?: A city, peninsula, and river in Alaska.
Where does kenai come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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