Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

los islands

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
los is-lands
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese Ilhas dos Ídolos, literally "Islands of the Idols".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Los Islands (canonical)

Questions

What does los islands mean?
An island group lying off Conakry in Guinea, on the west coast of Africa.
Where does los islands come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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