Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kursk

/ˈkɜɹsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
kursk
IPA
/ˈkɜɹsk/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hamlet in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1500 in Dmitry Kitayev’s Scribe book of the Votian fifth for the year 7008 A.M..

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Курск (Kursk), referring to the Kur River.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Kursk-Smolenka

Frequently Paired Words

Kurskaya Kursko Kurskoye Kursk-Smolenka Kursky Novokursk

Questions

How do you pronounce kursk?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɜɹsk/.
What does kursk mean?
A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.
Where does kursk come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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