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kumamoto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
Ku-ma-mo-to
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture in southwestern Japan, on the island of Kyushu.

name

The capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 熊本(くまもと) (Kumamoto).

Inflected Forms

Kumamotos (plural)

Questions

What does kumamoto mean?
A prefecture in southwestern Japan, on the island of Kyushu.
Where does kumamoto come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 熊本(くまもと) (Kumamoto).

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