Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kumagaya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
ku-ma-gaya
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 熊谷 (Kumagaya).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does kumagaya mean?
A city in Saitama prefecture, Japan.
Where does kumagaya come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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