Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kya

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: kya
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

symbol

Symbol for kiloyears ago: thousand years ago.

symbol

Alternative spelling of kya (“thousand years ago”).

Etymology

By surface analysis, k- (“kilo, thousand”) + ya (“years ago”), or, by surface analysis, ky (“kiloyears”) + a (“ago”).

Frequently Paired Words

KYA mya gya

Questions

What does kya mean?: Symbol for kiloyears ago: thousand years ago.
Where does kya come from?: By surface analysis, k- (“kilo, thousand”) + ya (“years ago”), or, by surface analysis, ky (“kiloyears”) + a (“ago”).

How to pronounce kya

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