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kollam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
kol-lam
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Kollam district, Kerala, India.

name

A district of Kerala, India.

Etymology

From Malayalam കൊല്ലം (kollaṁ), from കോ (kō, “king”) + ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: കൊല്ലം

Inflected Forms

Quilon (alternative)

Synonyms

Desinganadu Kurakkeni

Questions

What does kollam mean?
A city in Kollam district, Kerala, India.
Where does kollam come from?
From Malayalam കൊല്ലം (kollaṁ), from കോ (kō, “king”) + ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house”).

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