Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kon tum

/ˈkɒntʊm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: kon -tum
IPA: /ˈkɒntʊm/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).

name

A city in Vietnam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Kon Tum.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Kon Tum

Questions

How do you pronounce kon tum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒntʊm/.
What does kon tum mean?: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
Where does kon tum come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce kon tum

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