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kissimmee

/kɪsˈɪmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
Kis-sim-mee
IPA
/kɪsˈɪmi/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.

name

The Kissimmee River in Florida.

Etymology

Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Lake Kissimmee

Rhymes With

jimmy gimme timmy jimi jimmie shimmy timmie kimmey

Questions

How do you pronounce kissimmee?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɪsˈɪmi/.
What does kissimmee mean?
A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.
Where does kissimmee come from?
Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).

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