kizzy

/ˈkɪzi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

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Meaning

name

noun

"In Mandinka it meant, "You stay here". [ - - - ] Bell was indignant when she heard the name. "Kizzy! Ain't nobody never heared of dat name! Ain't gon' no nothin' but stir up trouble." But Kunta explained its meaning, and she relented."

From a pet form of Kezia. Explained as a Mandinka name by Alex Haley in Roots (1976).

Kizzie (alternative)

busy dizzy lizzie izzy fizzy frizzy brissie glizzy xyzzy bizzie rambizzy twizzy

Questions

How do you pronounce kizzy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪzi/.

What does kizzy mean?

A female given name from Hebrew.

Where does kizzy come from?

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