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krakow

/ˈkɹækaʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
Krak-ow
IPA
/ˈkɹækaʊ/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

Etymology

From Middle English crakou, crawcow.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹækaʊ/
  • British English: /ˈkɹækaʊ/

Inflected Forms

Cracow (alternative, common) Kraków (alternative, common) Cracov (alternative, obsolete) Krakau (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

Krakovian

Homonyms

cracow

Rhymes With

kraków

Questions

How do you pronounce krakow?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹækaʊ/.
What does krakow mean?
A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.
Where does krakow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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