Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

little tokyo

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
lit-tle -tokyo
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A neighborhood or a community that is predominantly Japanese.

Etymology

From little + Tokyo. From Tokyo being the capital of Japan.

Inflected Forms

Little Tokyos (plural)

Derived Forms

Skidrokyo

Frequently Paired Words

Chinatown Little India Koreatown Little Saigon French Quarter Latin Quarter

Synonyms

Japantown

Questions

What does little tokyo mean?
A neighborhood or a community that is predominantly Japanese.
Where does little tokyo come from?
From little + Tokyo. From Tokyo being the capital of Japan.

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