Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

komodo

/kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: Ko-mo-do
IPA: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Komodo.

name

An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands

noun

A Komodo dragon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
British English: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/

Inflected Forms

komodos (plural)

Phrases

Komodo dragon

Rhymes With

dodo bodo quasimodo kodo hodo go the way of the dodo little dodo

Questions

How do you pronounce komodo?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/.
What does komodo mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Komodo.
Where does komodo come from?: Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.

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