Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: ku-ra
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, flowing into the Caspian Sea.

Etymology

From Russian Кура́ (Kurá), ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Кура́, Κῦρος

Inflected Forms

the Kura (canonical) Kur (alternative)

Synonyms

Mtkvari Cyrus

Questions

What does kura mean?: A river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, flowing into the Caspian Sea.
Where does kura come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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