Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

limpopo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: limpopo
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.

name

A province of South Africa which was originally part of Transvaal.

Example Sentences

"Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner."

Etymology

. The province was named after the river.

Questions

What does limpopo mean?: A river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
Where does limpopo come from?: . The province was named after the river.

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