Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kuni

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: ku-ni
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A unisex given name from Japanese.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 国 (Kuni), 久邇 (Kuni) or くに (Kuni).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 国

Inflected Forms

Kunis (plural)

Questions

What does kuni mean?: A unisex given name from Japanese.
Where does kuni come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce kuni

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